Not Everyone Likes Good News.

Do we finally have some good news? Last week, MapBiomas' Annual Deforestation Report gained a lot of attention, showing that deforestation in all biomes fell in Brazil last year. In this episode, we discuss what factors led to this positive rate and what the challenges are to keep it falling and not rising again, not only in the Amazon, but also in the Cerrado. We also talk about Ibama's new strategy, the “embargo”, which has displeased many rur…