by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
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A defeat of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s presidential election could save nearly 76 thousand square kilometers<\/strong> of the Amazon<\/strong> forest from destruction by the end of the decade, says a research<\/a> released by Carbon Brief. The calculation, the environmental network claims, is based on the assumption that his challenger, former President Lula da Silva<\/strong>, “would follow through on a pledge to address illegal deforestation in the Amazon, in line with his previous presidency, while Bolsonaro would continue to oversee weak environmental governance that allows such activities to continue. It also assumes these conditions would remain the same out to 2030.”<\/p>\n The study, conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Oxford<\/strong>, the International Institute for Applied System Analysis (IIASA<\/strong>) and the National Institute for Space Research (INPE<\/strong>), looked at different models for implementing the Forest Protection Code already approved by Brazil but never fully implemented<\/a>. The ballot between the two candidates is scheduled for Oct. 30.<\/p>\n