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Brazil's new president works to reverse Amazon deforestation
Summary by Ground News
Joenia Wapichana is Brazil's first Indigenous woman to command the agency charged with protecting the Amazon rainforest and its people. Critics say Funai has allowed the Amazon's resources to be exploited at the expense of the environment. Lula is appointing well-known environmentalists and Indigenous people to key positions at Funai and other agencies.