The Lion Wakes Up (Executive Summary)

The government of President Lula had launched, in March 2004, an ambitious plan to fight deforestation and celebrated its results in several international forums, including the crucial United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, held in Bali, in early December 2007. In 2005, Greenpeace released a critical review of the Plan's first year. This report presents a new analysis of the accomplishments and what was left undone as of July 2007. It is based on field surveys and interviews with government officials from six ministries (MMA, MDA, MCT, MAPA, MJ, MDIC), and with officials from IBAMA, the National Indigenous Foundation FUNAI and the National Institute of Land Reform INCRA, in Brasília and in four states – Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, and Rondônia. Scientists, community members and social movement leaders were also heard.