Brazil’s Congress Weakens Protection of Indigenous Lands, Defying Lula

By Flávia Milhorance and Paulo Motoryn While Brazil vows to fight climate change, lawmakers approved a law making it harder for Indigenous tribes to block deforestation, overriding a veto by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

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Category: Indigenous People, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Law and Legislation, Forests and Forestry, Da Silva, Luiz Inacio Lula, Amazon Jungle, Brazil