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The leftist leader’s presidency means “a return to policies to save the Amazon,” as he pledges to cut deforestation to zero and set new emissions targets.
As the rest of the world closely watched Brazil’s presidential election on Oct. 2, the country’s conservative bloc made significant gains in a Congress that it already dominates. This could prove a key stumbling block to any future efforts to rein in the deforestation and environmental destruction that’s become a signature of the Jair Bolsonaro […]
Ex-president Lula da Silva came ahead of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil's first electoral round. The Amazon, key for climate change action, hangs in the balance.