Brazilian president Lula pledges ‘new Amazon dream’ at rainforest summit
by Tom Phillips in Belém from on (#6DNJ0)
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sets out ambitious programme to repair damage done by Bolsonaro and tackle environmental crime
The Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has vowed to haul the Amazon out of centuries of violence, economic plundering" and environmental devastation and into a new Amazon dream", at the start of a major regional summit on the world's largest rainforest.
Addressing South American leaders gathered in the Brazilian city of Belem, Lula offered a bold blueprint for the future of the Amazon, a 6.7m sq km region that is home to nearly 50 million people spread across eight countries and one territory.
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