Brasília, Brazil: Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest in the first quarter of 2023 was one of the worst on record, according to official figures released on Friday (Saturday in Manila).

Those figures show the scale of the task facing leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, just 100 days into his return to power.

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