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Strict Amazon protections made Brazilian farmers more productive, new research shows

  • Written by Rachael Garrett, Assistant Professor of the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Boston University

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s new president, will make many decisions during his four-year term, from combating violence to stimulating a stagnant economy.

Those decisions will have large impacts on Brazilians, who remain deeply divided over the controversial election of this far-right populist.

But some of Bolsonaro’s decisions will affect...

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