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Bolsonaro took power in 2019, replacing the more left-leaning Workers' Party, which held the presidency from 2003 to 2018*. With those dates in mind, look at y
by user982 7y ago
Bolsonaro took power in 2019, replacing the more left-leaning Workers' Party, which held the presidency from 2003 to 2018*.
With those dates in mind, look at your data again.
- Carioca 7y agoNitpick: the Worker's Party was in power up to 2016, when president Dilma Rousseff was impeached and their former allies, centrists Democratic Movement, rose to power. Even Dilma wasn't particularly friendly to the environment, as can be seen on the 2010-2016 data. Bolsonaro's presidency is on another level of pandering to illegal loggers and agribusiness, though. The current Minister of the Environment, Ricardo Salles, is openly hostile to anything relating to preservation. Including risking a free investment by European countries to the tune of about half a billion dollars
- reese_john 7y agoHence the need for more data points. 2003 and 2004 were still peak deforestation years despite the left being in power. I would like to see the data for at least 2019 and 2020 before jumping to conclusions