The day after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was elected president of Brazil, Norway announced that it would resume donations to the Amazon Fund, which gathers financial aid from European countries to fight deforestation.As Lula takes power, more environmental organizations are expected to pivot back to helping Brazil protect the rainforest.Therefore, we look forward to getting in touch with his teams as soon as possible to prepare for the resumption of the historically positive collaboration between Brazil and Norway,” said Norwegian Environment Minister Espen Barth Eide.“There is a strong will within the German government to get to Brazil quickly now,” said Jochen Flasbarth, secretary of the German Ministry for Cooperation and Development.NGOs project improvements in Lula’s governmentAfter Lula’s election, the NGO Greepeace said that it’s “time to rebuild Brazil” and, among the priorities of the next government, highlighted the need to “rebuild environmental bodies and policies for the supervision, preservation and regeneration of forests and other natural environments.”For the NGO Observatório do Clima, the “socio-environmental and climate agenda is where Lula will need to act faster and more firmly.”The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) stated that “Lula’s election is proof that Brazilians want protected nature and respect for indigenous peoples … Brazilians want a country that will once again be internationally respected and resume its global role in the fight against the climate crisis.”With regard to indigenous peoples, the president-elect has already announced his intention to create an unprecedented Ministry of Native Peoples."