April 29 (UPI) — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has formally acknowledged six indigenous territories within the first such demarcation since 2018, stepping up his efforts to cease deforestation of the Amazon.

The recognition, introduced by the president on Friday, occurred in six Brazilian states — Arara do Rio Amonia, Kariri-Xoco, Rio dos Indios, Tremembe da Barra do Mundau, Uneiuxi and Avá-Canoeiro.

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“Today we demarcated six indigenous territories, an important step,” Lula mentioned on social networks, according to Telesur. “Do not stop organizing and demanding. The government exists to serve the interests of the people.”

The Brazilian chief mentioned the wrestle for the demarcation of indigenous peoples “is a struggle for respect, rights and protection of our nature and our country. Let’s go ahead.”

Lula has pledged to demarcate extra indigenous territory as a method of returning land to Indigenous peoples in addition to slicing down on deforestation.

The leftist president pledged on the UN local weather change convention COP27 final 12 months to guard the Amazon rainforest and strengthen inspection our bodies and monitoring techniques and clamp down on “environmental crimes.”

He has mentioned demarcating lands to indigenous peoples is critical for the nation to succeed in its 2030 “zero deforestation” objectives within the Amazon.