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BRAZIL ELECTION COULD SHAPE FUTURE OF AMAZON RAINFOREST AS SCIENTISTS WARN OF ECOLOGICAL RISKS
Brazil’s presidential runoff between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro could significantly influence environmental policy in the country that contains most of the Amazon rainforest. Lula has pursued lower deforestation, stronger enforcement and international financing for sustainable development, while Bolsonaro has called for changes to environmental laws and greater authority for landowners. Scientists warn that deforestation, forest degradation, drought and rising temperatures are weakening parts of the Amazon, although researchers disagree about precisely how close the rainforest is to an irreversible ecological tipping point.
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