
目前正在调查为何卢拉总统在遏制亚马逊雨林砍伐方面取得的成效未能转化为选举胜利。
Inquest under way into why President Lula’s success in curbing deforestation in the Amazon did not lead to success at polls More fire, more ash, more crime, more death.
未来四年,如果弗拉维奥·博索纳罗能保持本周在巴西总统选举首轮中所取得的领先优势,亚马逊雨林将面临更多火灾、更多灰烬、更多犯罪与死亡事件,这个对全球至关重要的生态系统也将加速走向不可逆转的毁灭境地。
And a globally important ecosystem driven ever more rapidly towards a point of no return. That is the prospect for the Amazon rainforest for at least the next four years if Flávio Bolsonaro holds on to the lead he established this week in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election.
不过对拉丁美洲最大、最富裕且生物多样性最丰富的这个国家的选民而言,此事似乎远没有引起外界那样的担忧。
This appears to be of far more concern to the outside world than to voters in Latin America’s biggest, richest and most biodiverse nation.