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On Sunday, millions of people across Brazil will vote in the final round of its presidential election. They'll choose between right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. To many, the future of the Amazon rainforest is on the ballot. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson has the story produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center.
Translation: i'm rafaela, i'm14 years old and i live i here in rio dejaneiro. me and my brother started learning tae kwon do about six years ago. when people think about rio, they probably think about beaches and parties but it's a very big city. we're on the other side, not that well known by tourists and nowhere near the beach. we're also nowhere near the amazon forest but we've been learning all about how important it is at our tae kwon do project. this is jadi, he started the association. of course the plan is to teach us tae kwon do but his idea goes beyond that. translation: l was once i...
And over 7,000 children from rio to be more conscious of our impact on the environment. we hope to show a good example to the world. 0ne exciting and inspirational project. let's not forget that brazil, with the challenges of deforestation, is a country where that work might be just even more valuable. as the amazon rainforest, let's be completely honest, are the lungs of our planet. and now to our final award. we're celebrating somebody who spent years using their sporting platform, including the time as the australia's rugby union captain, to influence environmental issues. and in the past y...
New research proposes agricultural intensification measures that would allow Brazil, the world's top soybean exporter, to raise soybean production by 36% over the next 15 years while preserving the Amazonian rainforest.
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon set a new monthly record in September, continuing a trend that has intensified under the country's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.