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Brazil Progressing in Fight Against Deforestation, Says Environment Minister

By Izabella Teixeira

Brazil's Minister of Environment Izabella Teixeira on what her country is doing to protect the Amazon.

This article is adapted from the Fall 2015 print edition of Americas Quarterly. To subscribe, please click here

A milestone has been reached in the fight against deforestation in the Amazon. Over the last five years, Brazil has seen the lowest deforestation rates since measurements began in 1988 — capping more than 10 years of effective action to reduce the rate of forest destruction. This is the result of coordinated and persistent eff orts by government and civil society...

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