r/climate • u/AlexandrTheTolerable • 19h ago

Brazil: Amazon deforestation lowest in nearly 40 years

https://www.dw.com/en/brazil-amazon-deforestation-lowest-in-nearly-40-years/a-79684906
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u/Redthrist 15h ago

Watch them elect Bolsonaro and quickly reverse that trend.

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u/iwasreallysadthen 11h ago

Unfortunately this has almost 0 effect on the possibility of his re-election

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u/Surfer-Junkie 8h ago

Yeah, well, reforestation is at approximately zero, so if anything it's just slowed the death spiral.

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u/dumnezero 7h ago

And the new president will try to consolidate fascism and to increase deforestation.

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u/Significant_Fill6992 6h ago

Finally some good news