How has the Amazon rainforest changed under Jair Bolsonaro?

03.10.2022, 11:47 dw.com

With Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro hoping to win another term, DW looks at how the Amazon rainforest fared during the four years he was at the helm. The Amazon rainforest is regarded as one of the so-called tipping elements capable of destabilizing the global climate. A loss of 20-25% of forest cover in the Amazon basin could be enough to bring us to the tipping point. Recent studies have shown that around 18% of the Brazilian Amazon has already been cleared — and around 60% of the rainforest's total area lies within the territory of Brazil.