Brazilian policy and agribusiness damage the Amazon rainforest |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Inter-American Development Bank, 1300 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20577, USA;2. Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA;3. Department of Economics and Business, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1430 Ås, Norway;4. Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA;5. Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA |
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| Abstract: | Since his inauguration on January 1, 2019, Jair Bolsonaro, a declared right-wing candidate nicknamed “Tropical Trump,” has introduced measures to reduce environmental restrictions on livestock farming, the main greenhouse gas (GHG) producing sector in Brazil that is responsible for most of the deforestation in the country. This dangerous relationship between politics and livestock farming in Brazil is detrimental to environmental conservation. Politicians are introducing measures that facilitate the expansion of this type of farming, which in turn provides inputs for the food industry, i.e. agribusiness, which in turn finances politics, thus producing a dangerous cycle in forest conservation. |
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| Keywords: | Policy Bolsonaro Amazon Agribusiness GHG emissions |
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