Lula's victory in Brazil comes just in time to save the Amazon – can he do it?
- Written by: Kathryn Baragwanath, Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University
Brazil’s presidential election result is crucial for the future of the world’s forests. On Sunday, former president and Workers Party candidate Lula da Silva narrowly beat the incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro. Deforestation rates had surged under Bolsonaro.
Bolsonaro was elected in 2018 on an explicitly anti-environmental platform. He had...
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