A few days before the departure of Economics and Climate Protection Minister Robert Habeck and Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir to Brazil and Colombia, the Brazilian media reported a bang: “According to the responsible National Institute for Space Research (INPE), deforestation in the Amazon region reached a historic record in February “, says “O Globo”.
With 290 square kilometers, the new government of left-leaning President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva got off to a classic false start. What’s more, the February numbers are even twice as high as under the controversial right-wing populist predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, who has isolated himself internationally because of the massive curtailment of environmental regulations and indigenous rights.
