Lula’s Return Sustains Amazon Recovery

Official satellite data show Amazon loss fell to 3,335 km² for Aug. 2025–July 2026 — the lowest since 1988 — and the government attributes the drop to revived enforcement and incentive programs (PPCDAm) reintroduced after Lula took office in 2023. The outcome links electoral politics, concrete regulatory moves (satellite monitoring, loan restrictions for illegally cleared properties), and measurable emissions and landscape change. — Electoral turnover in Brazil can produce rapid, measurable shifts in global greenhouse‑gas sources and the resilience of the Amazon, so elections there are climate policy events with worldwide consequences.