‘Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva (Lula) mounted a military-style crackdown on deforestation in the Amazon in January \u2014 just a month after the government proclaimed that deforestation rates had dropped 59% over the previous three years. The action was prompted by alarming new satellite data from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Campos, indicating that clear-cutting is once again on the rise.’<\/p>\n