The Amazon can be saved — with concerted action inside and outside Brazil

Land clearance for agriculture, including soya plantations, is being curbed through Brazil’s policies on halting deforestation. Credit: Ricardo Beliel/Brazil Photos/LightRocket/Getty During the first term of president Luiz Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silva in 2003–11, the Brazilian administration slashed deforestation rates in the Amazon, all but eliminating the large-scale conversion of rainforest into cattle pasture and soya plantations. …