Election
- Bolsonaro won his greatest share of the vote in areas of ongoing deforestation, including 79.6% in Novo Progresso, a municipality in Pará State that became notorious for initiating “the day of fire”in 2019, reports Amazonia Real
- Five of the seven Amazon states have elected Bolsonaro supporters as governors or are likely to do so in the second round, according to Brasil de Fato
- Voters re-elected eight of the ten state deputies who have the worst record on the environment, according to an analysis by Reporter Brasil
- Between the beginning of the election campaign, on August 16, and the end of the first round, on Sunday, October 2, there were at least 148 cases of electoral violence, according to a survey carried out by Agência Pública
Fire, deforestation and emissions
- September was the worst month for fire in the Amazon in over a decade with more than 40,000 blazes, reports Fabiano Maisonnave for Associated Press
- Carbon emissions from the Amazon rainforest doubled in the first two years of Boslonaro’s administration, compared to the average over the previous nine years, according to a new study by the National Institute for Space Research. Report by Piaui
- A loss for Jair Bolsonaro in the upcoming Brazilian presidential election could lead to Amazon deforestation in his nation falling by 89% over the next decade, according to new analysis conducted for Carbon Brief
Crime
- A new investigation into industrial poultry farming in Brazil claims chicken fed with corn and soya beans grown on deforested land in the Amazon and Cerrado is being sold by JBS and ends up on British dinner plates. Research by Reporter Brasil and Ecostorm, published in the Guardian
Magnificence
- Scientists have visited the tallest tree ever found in the Amazon rainforest, an Angelim vermelho measuring 289 feet (88.5 metres) in height and with a circumference of 32 feet (9.9 metres). Forest engineer Diego Armando Silva said: “It was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen. Just divine.” Report by Agence France Press
Angelim vermelho, the tallest tree in the Amazon
