Jair Bolsonaro: Far-right candidate wins Brazil poll

[KY_EnviroGuy]

27. Whoops, there goes the Amazon.....

Bolsonaro backers wage war on the rainforest
Most in Brazil’s heavily-deforested western border support Jair Bolsonaro and his promises of progress instead of protection
by Dom Phillips in Porto Velho

Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/24/bolsonaro-backers-wage-war-on-the-rainforest

In the Amazon, Bolsonaro has promised progress instead of protection.

And his radical proposals – to neuter federal environment agencies, give the green light to destructive hydro-electric dams, freeze the demarcation of new indigenous reserves and open up existing ones to mining – chime with voters here, including those breaking environmental laws. Loggers, illegal gold miners and squatters on a protected reserve all told the Guardian they are voting for Bolsonaro because they believe he will make their lives easier.

Environmentalists argue Bolsonaro’s plans will prove disastrous for the Amazon and 33 non-government groups have warned his proposals represent “concrete and irreversible risks” to Brazil’s forests, biodiversity and even the reputations of its agribusiness producers.

Sad day for the entire planet. Laissez-faire and greed is destroying humanity. Drip, drip, drip........