Lula defeated Flávio Bolsonaro with 51.78% of the vote. Groups welcomed continuity for Amazon protection but warned about a hostile Congress, oil expansion and a challenge to the result that remains open.
An investigation identifies 249 assessed Amazon communities and another 702 at risk from mercury linked to illegal mining. Scientists brought the report to Pope Leo XIV as experts and lawmakers called for health surveillance, source control and Amazon-wide coordination.
Resolution 0961 declared 483,283 km² of the Amazon biome a permanent reserve and excluded new mining concessions and hydrocarbon contracts. The measure protects forests, water and biodiversity while respecting pre-existing rights, other regulated uses and Indigenous territories.
The projected October–December peak would arrive at the end of the dry season, with low rivers, flammable vegetation and delayed rains. It raises drought and fire risks into early 2027, although intensity and local impacts are not yet determined.
Brazil's Supreme Court recognized the voluntary pact as constitutional but upheld state rules removing tax incentives from participating companies. The ruling preserves the instrument in law, yet does not reverse major traders' withdrawal or restore its operational force.
INPE's Deter system recorded 2,874.38 km² under alert from August 2025 through July 2026, the lowest level in the comparable series and 55.6% below the decade average. The signal is encouraging, but it is not yet the official annual rate to be consolidated by Prodes.
Jennifer Geerlings-Simons's government formed an interministerial team and formally ordered Mennonite occupants to leave interior areas where unauthorized clearing was detected. The action starts an administrative and immigration process; it does not mean the evictions have already been completed.
The 58,069-hectare Peruvian reserve holds white-sand forests, Nanay River floodplain habitats and hundreds of species. Its proximity to Iquitos supports research and tourism but also exposes highly specialized habitats to logging and urban expansion.
Podocnemis sextuberculata lost more than half its population over 36 years in the Brazilian Amazon and moved from near threatened to endangered on the national list. The decision calls for nest protection, trafficking controls and management with river communities.
New mapping identifies Brazilian forests that are crucial for recycling moisture toward Peru and Bolivia. The proposal targets conservation where atmospheric flows converge and where deforestation, roads and gaps in legal protection threaten the regional water cycle.