During the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil became the world leader in deforestation. From 2019 to 2022, Bolsonaro rescinded and relaxed conservation laws, weakened anti-deforestation enforcement, slashed the budget of the relevant government agencies and encouraged mining on indigenous land.
The result was that, by the time he left office, in January 2023, annual deforestation in Brazil had ballooned to two million hectares, or 660 million tons of CO2, equivalent to the annual emissions of Germany, according to Kayrros data. In 2022, the country accounted for 43% of worldwide tree cover loss in tropical primary forests – up from around 25% in 2015, according to the World Resources Institute and Global Forest Watch.
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