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Coverage dated September 29, 2022 to September 30, 2022

Sunday's election in Brazil could determine the fate of the Amazon Rainforest

Headline from Digital Journal

Further destruction under Zair Bolsonaro could push the rainforest past an irreversible tipping point.

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8 articles, oldest first.

  1. The Economist

    Marina Silva on why Brazil’s presidential contest will decide the Amazon’s fate (opens The Economist)

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    The Economist's feed description

    The politician and former environment minister urges Brazilians to vote for a change of leader

  2. The Guardian

    Fate of Amazon rests on Brazil election, say experts (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Further destruction under Bolsonaro could push vital rainforest past irreversible tipping point

  3. The Guardian

    Brazil’s election: a last chance to save the Amazon? (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Brazilians will go to the polls on Sunday with a stark choice to make about the future of their country. And it is one that will have far-reaching implications for the future of the planet, too, says Tom Phillips

  4. NPR

    The fate of the Amazon rainforest may rest on the results of Brazil's vote on Sunday (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    After record deforestation and environmental deregulation in the past few years, the result of the Brazilian election could very well determine the fate of the Amazon rainforest.

  5. Digital Journal

    Sunday's election in Brazil could determine the fate of the Amazon Rainforest (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    Further destruction under Zair Bolsonaro could push the rainforest past an irreversible tipping point.

  6. Wyoming Public Media

    Brazil's election could determine the fate of the Amazon after record deforestation (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    Wyoming Public Media's feed description

    Under President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for reelection in Sunday's vote, forest clearing and wildfires have surged in the Amazon.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.