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Brazil's Environment Minister Marina Silva Resigns to Run for Congress
She said policies under her leadership cut forest loss by more than 50% and she will return to Congress to support Lula’s reelection.
- On Wednesday, Environment Minister Marina Silva resigned from President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's administration to run for Congress, complying with Brazilian election law requiring ministers to step down six months before the Oct. 4 national election.
- Since 2022, policies under Silva's leadership reduced forest loss by more than 50% in the Amazon and Cerrado, building on her history of implementing anti-deforestation strategies during Lula's first terms.
- Recent legislation fast-tracking infrastructure projects and Lula's support for exploratory offshore oil drilling at the Amazon River's mouth drew criticism from environmentalists, despite Silva's efforts.
- João Paulo Ribeiro Capobianco, an environmentalist who served as executive secretary at the Ministry of the Environment, will succeed Silva, who stated she fulfilled her tasks of rebuilding environmental policy and intends to support Lula's reelection.
- While deforestation reached a 15-year high under former President Jair Bolsonaro, whose administration weakened environmental agencies, current policies aim to eliminate deforestation by 2030.
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Marina Silva and Renan Son left government to compete in October
Minister Marina Silva (Rede) left her post as Minister of the Environment this Wednesday (April 1, 2026), after years at the helm. The current executive secretary, João Paulo Capobianco, will assume the position following the minister's resignation, which will be published in the Official Gazette of the Union (DOU). The departure is part of the restructuring of the government led by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT). Marina had held the p…
The Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva, resigned on this Thursday (1) of the job. She left the post command, which is being led by João Paulo Capobianco, until then the MMA's executive secretary, while preparing to discuss a vacancy in the Senate by São Paulo. In the afternoon of this quarter, Marina highlighted pasta's actions over the three years of management. According to the minister, one of the main challenges was…
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