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ComanderLucky t1_j29xd45 wrote

Best part? If i am not mistaken, she fights for the amazon rainforest, and she has just been put in charge of protecting it, so even better

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MoschopsAdmirer t1_j2beqjz wrote

Protecting the Amazon Rainforest might be a part of her job as a consequence, but her focus will really be to protect indigenous rights. She will participate in the recognition by the federal government of indigenous lands and control governamental organizations like FUNAI whose objective is to protect indigenous rights.

For the specific task of environmental protection we will have the Minister Marina Silva, a legendary politician that advocates for the protection of the environment in Brazil.

I mean, it will be even better than you think!

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Crispycracker t1_j2bwp5e wrote

Given how corrupt the Lula government is, I wonder how long she will last before either quiting or being replaced. Unless she is willing to play ball.

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ElderlyOogway t1_j2c3xgi wrote

Weren't other administrations and government corrupt either? If past governments were also corrupt, better some rainforest protection than none. Especially considering the last one.

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cpm4me2 t1_j2catx6 wrote

Lula's government corruption was in a whole new level.

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ElderlyOogway t1_j2ckkv4 wrote

Really doubt it was bigger than the Vargas era, or Military Dictatorship era, or Collor era, or even arguably Cardoso's era.

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matlynar t1_j2cv64p wrote

Is Lula corrupt? Likely yeah, I do believe he's guilty of some of the stuff he was previously arrested for.

But "do shit my way even if it's against all you stand for or get replaced" is literally describing Bolsonaro's government, not Lula's.

It was Bolsonaro, not Lula, who replaced his health minister 3 times during the pandemic because they literally tried to do the right thing while Bolsonaro was pushing in favor of Chloroquine as a treatment and casting a shadow of suspicion over the vaccines.

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vitorgrs t1_j2bjvxs wrote

One of ways Lula back in the days reduced the deforestation, was giving more land to indigenous groups, what we call demarcation. As of now 12% of country has indigenous demarcation, even though there's only 0.5% of natives. But the point is, the more indigenous demarcation, less deforestation.

And now a native woman will be in power of demarcation. In the first days of next year, she announced it will do 3 or 4 demarcation already. Pretty excited!

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InfiNorth t1_j2bwybs wrote

The important thing to remember that of that 0.5% of the population that are indigenous, 100% of them are related to the actual forebearers of the responsibility of taking care of the land they love on. In Canada right-wingers whine about how indigenous people are given bottomless handouts, do nothing, and pay no taxes (when that isn't true at all). All this despite the people whose land was stolen from them through deceptive treaties that they weren't even told the contents of, nor aligned with their legal customs regarding land ownership having gone through genocide after genocide, having less than 0.001% of the land they are the traditional stewards of, and having had their families torn apart for generations.

The indigenous peoples of the Americas have been mistreated for long enough. I can't believe that Brazil has taken this long to start moving in the right direction but I'm glad it is finally changing.

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nememmim t1_j2c32cr wrote

>I can't believe that Brazil has taken this long to start moving in the right direction but I'm glad it is finally changing.

Do indigenous peoples in Canada own a bigger percentage of land than indigenous groups in Brazil? I'm asking because it seems like you're implying Canada has better policies in place towards indigenous populations.

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InfiNorth t1_j2c5p6l wrote

I really wasn't. I was saying that everyone needs to step up their game. Canada is shit towards it's indigenous population.

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Orgidee t1_j2cvspr wrote

>100% of them are related to the actual forebearers of the responsibility of taking care of the land they love on.

🤣

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InfiNorth t1_j2dyfny wrote

Can you explain why you find this funny?

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[deleted] t1_j2at6tk wrote

She’s is protecting the world’s oxygen supply.

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tetryds t1_j2ay2hj wrote

She is protecting the climate, rainforests consume most O2 they produce, what we breathe comes from algae and phytoplankton.

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cosmicdaddy_ t1_j2b83l0 wrote

And all the flora and fauna that could potentially host vital cures and treatments

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RizzMustbolt t1_j2bcicb wrote

And protecting her people from mercenary attacks hopefully.

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hypocrite_oath t1_j2cfv7r wrote

Actually most oxygen is from the ocean, made by plankton. You remember the thing, that we treat like a garbage disposal?

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[deleted] t1_j2b9e6a wrote

I mean u said an overstatement but yeah the idea is to try to protect the rainforest.

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SyrusDrake t1_j2chwil wrote

Sounds like the kind of job and background that will cause you to accidentally fall from your office window.

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