Brazil’s election could decide fate of Amazon rain forest
01 November 2022 |
11:46 am
Deforestation has soared under incumbent Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been rolling back environmental protections and emboldening illegal loggers. More fires are ravaging the Amazon rain forest right now than in over than a decade.
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