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    611 months ago

    Let’s hope that democratic governance helps to strenghten this development with Brazil rejoining the Escazú Agreement.

    President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took an important step to strengthen protection for environmental defenders across Brazil by sending the Escazú Agreement to Congress for approval on May 11. This historic treaty – the first of its kind in Latin America and the Caribbean – would help shore up Brazil’s role on protecting the environment and its defenders.