Dossier
Ane Alencar
Coverage of Ane Alencar in the Nexus archive.
- Without stronger government action, Brazil’s low deforestation in the Amazon is unlikely to last
Brazil’s Amazon deforestation is currently at its lowest in a decade, but experts warn this progress is at risk due to the collapse of the Amazon Soy Moratorium, which previously curbed deforestation linked to soy cultivation. A new study in Science predicts 1.4 million hectares of forest loss over the next decade if current trends continue.