Brazil's presidential elections linked to decades of fluctuating environmental destruction – study

Brazil’s presidential elections linked to decades of fluctuating environmental destruction – study Fred Lewsey Thu, 10/22/2026 - 14:05 A University of Cambridge-led analysis of maps made from satellite imagery covering over three decades and seven presidents shows how the winner of Brazil’s national elections since 1990 directly affected the preservation of its globally vital ecosystems. The study reveals a rollercoaster of habitat loss rates across presidencies in the country’s three largest biomes – the Amazon, Cerrado, and Atlantic Forest – from a peak of 3.62 million hectares of native veg