Brazilian President Reverses Predecessor by Recognizing Indigenous Lands

Brazil's President Lula da Silva recognized six Indigenous reservations, fulfilling a campaign promise to reverse the policy of his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.
Lula recognized six ancestral lands, with the largest two in the Amazon, protecting critical Amazon rainforest from commercial exploitation.
The total area of recognized lands in the biome is 161,500 hectares (620 square miles).
Lula's action was welcomed by the Indigenous movement, but not without some frustration that it was limited in size.
The land remains under the federal government’s jurisdiction, but the designation grants Indigenous peoples the right to use it in their traditional manner.