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Brazilian Amazon deforestation falls to lowest on record as pivotal vote looms

Brazilian Amazon deforestation falls to lowest on record as pivotal vote looms

Feed excerpt — reported by The Guardian

Forest clearance lowest since records began in 1988 in success for Lula ahead of presidential run-offDeforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen its lowest level since records began, new government data shows.But whether this globally important success is maintained or reversed is on a knife edge ahead of a presidential election run-off on 25 October between two candidates with sharply different visions for the future of the rainforest and how that affects relations with the US under Donald Trump. Continue reading…

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