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President-Elect Lula Picks Amazon Defender To Be Environment Minister

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  • Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Thursday named Amazon defender Marina Silva as environment minister for his incoming government, indicating he will prioritize cracking down on illegal deforestation in the forest even if it means running afoul of powerful agribusiness interests. (AP)
  • She previously helped design the largest international effort to preserve the rainforest, the mostly Norway-backed Amazon Fund.

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