https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/scientists-this-election-could-decide-amazon-s-fateContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/scientists-this-election-could-decide-amazon-s-fatehttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/scientists-this-election-could-decide-amazon-s-fate#u156561Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:21:07 +0000Brazil is holding a presidential runoff election between incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and far-right Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Climate scientists and environmentalists warn that the outcome will determine the future of the world's largest rainforest and whether it approaches a critical ecological tipping point. While the candidates have not made rainforest policy a major campaign topic, the election carries profound consequences for global climate goals. Deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon dropped to their lowest recorded level since 1988 during Lula da Silva'