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The fate of the Amazon rainforest will be decided by the upcoming Brazilian election, as the country looks set to choose between re-electing current president Jair Bolsonaro or his rival and former president Luis Incio Silva.
Bolsonaro's administration has pursued a policy of environmental deregulation. According to Philip Fearnside at the National Institute for Research in Amazonia, the Amazon is under increased threat as land grabbers are exploiting what could be their final opportunity to clear trees.
June is when the number of fires in the Brazilian Amazon increase due to ranchers clearing land. The number of fires detected by Brazil's national space agency in August was the highest in 12 years and less than half the number seen in the whole of last year.
According to Fearnside, people realize they can get away with ignoring all the current environmental regulations, but the end of his first term is looming and many assume he won't be re-elected.
The vote is a referendum on the future of the Amazon, even though issues like inflation and hunger are high on the political agenda.
This is the most important election ever in Brazil for the Amazon and its survival according to a scientist.
The amount of forest lost in the Amazon is more than 70 per cent higher than it was when Bolsonaro took office.
Ecologists say that the Amazon is at a tipping point due to this destruction. The rainforest will become a savannah if this is not stopped.
The experts say Bolsonaro is to blame for the destruction. The president has stripped environmental regulations and appointed military officials who want to develop the Amazon to run environmental institutions. According to Fearnside, the Bolsonaro administration has been a disaster for the environment.
The most recent polls show that the main opponent of Bolsonaro is a man who was president from 2003 to 2010 and leads the polls with 41 percent. A candidate must get at least 50% of the votes in the first round to avoid a run-off.
Outsiders polling 8 and 6 per cent are the only ones who are in the presidential race.
In order to reverse the environmental damage, Lula says he will appoint experts to environmental agencies and purge Indigenous reserves of illegal mining.
The creation of a carbon-pricing scheme is one of the more ambitious measures proposed by the former president.
The former union leader has a strong track record on protecting the Amazon, even though he was in power when mega-dams were built
According to Suely Arajo at the Climate Observatory in So Paulo, the goal of all government ministries was to conserve the Amazon. They wanted to tackle the causes of depredation by promoting sustainable production and formalising land ownership.
This time, it would be more difficult. New roads have been built and regions of the Amazon have become lawless as growing mining communities depend on the illegal gold they extract from Indigenous reserves.
The adviser to the candidate on the environment and Brazil's environment minister from 2010 to 2016 says that the candidate's strategy will have to be more ambitious.
As well as military operations to clear the Amazon of illegal miners, loggers and ranchers, the government has to better regulate food and gold markets and use technology to make agriculture more sustainable.
"Lula is very cautious to understand that this is a huge challenge and is completely different than it was in the past"
The root causes of deforestation would be tackled by the government with the help of the private sector and scientists. She says that he would make Brazil a global leader on tackling climate change by restoring the international relationships that have been lost.
Bolosonaro has downplayed the growing amount of forest destruction. He told the UN General Assembly that the Amazon is as good as it was in the 1500s. The office didn't reply to the request for comment.
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