Governmet inaction sees 98% of deforestation alerts go unpunished in Brazil

Mongabay
May 31, 2022, 2:12 pm262 pts
The Jair Bolsonaro presidency in Brazil has been marked by loosening regulations and budget cuts for environmental agencies, leading to soaring rates of Amazon destruction since he took office in 2019. Now, a new study quantifies what researchers call the “political negligence” of these policies, finding…

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