BrasíliaBrazil kept 20,000 square kilometers of Amazon standing since 2022.
Brazil’s next president could reverse gains that helped curb the world’s 4th-largest emitter.
Researchers modeled deforestation had Brazil’s forest code gone unenforced, a proxy for Bolsonaro-era policy, then compared it to satellite data.
Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro are tied in polls ahead of the next presidential vote.
How each outlet framed it
- Carbon Brief leans favorable
- quantifies environmental gains as New Jersey-sized forest preserved under Lula's direct leadership
Sources: Carbon Brief