At COP, Brazil is presenting itself as an Amazon defender. But a key measure to slow deforestation is in grave peril.
At COP30, Brazil is presenting itself as an Amazon defender. But a key measure to slow deforestation is in grave peril.
By Tom Cassauwers
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Since 2007, Marcelo Salazar has been living in the place that is the king of deforestation in Brazil: Altamira, in the state of Para. About the size of Florida, the Amazonian municipality was the fastest deforester in the country for several years in a row.
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