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The Amazon is not safe under Brazil's new president – a roads plan could push it past its breaking point

  • Written by Robert T. Walker, Professor of Latin American Studies and Geography, University of Florida
The Amazon is not safe under Brazil's new president – a roads plan could push it past its breaking pointFires are often set to clear land near roads in the Amazon.Johannes Myburgh / AFP via Getty Images

Conservationists breathed a sigh of relief when Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential election in the fall of 2022. His predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, had opened large parts of the Amazon region to business by crippling...

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