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'The Amazon is completely lawless': The rainforest after Bolsonaro's first year

By Matt Sandy
New York Times·
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'The Amazon is completely lawless': The rainforest after Bolsonaro's first year
'The Amazon is completely lawless': The rainforest after Bolsonaro's first year

Deforestation in the world's largest rainforest, an important buffer against climate change, has soared under President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil.

When the smoke cleared, the Amazon could breathe easy again.

For months, black clouds had hung over the rainforest as work crews burned and chain-sawed through it. Now the rainy

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