Green light for bulldozers

We got news today that 2 of 3 the big deforestation proposals we have been opposing have now been given the green light by the government. It is quite likely that the 3^rd one may also have been approved, but we need to still confirm this.

This is a major blow, but is probably only a fore taste of what is to happen in the near future, because it seems the outgoing government authorized a whole pile of applications for deforestation just prior to the approval of a new forestry law that aims to protect forests.

We are now waiting to see what policies the new government will apply. There are some new faces that we know as good people, but it is often the case that those higher up in the hierarchy of power are those who call the shots.