[flaviojuvenal]

Note this is probably a false dilemma. According to Brazilian federal police, the recent deforestation surge is caused by illegal logging, not agriculture or cattle raising. Source in Portuguese: https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/nacional/pf-grilagem-e-madeira-...

Brazil had no trouble to grow in 90s and 2000s while reducing Amazon deforestation.

[ratww]

That's a very important post.

> Brazil had no trouble to grow in 90s and 2000s while reducing Amazon deforestation.

Thanks for putting it into words in a way I couldn't.

[spywaregorilla]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation_of_the_Amazon_ra...

I'm not sure its accurate though. The marginal rate of forest coverage loss seems to have dropped substantially since 2008.

[ratww]

Fine, that's even better then: it continuous decreased from around 2004-2014, when the country was really really growing fast and fine af, to the point it was able to totally ignore the 2008 financial crisis. Amazeballs.

By the way the president from the first of those years is running in the next election. There's still hope.

[vitorbaptistaa]

Ilegal logging is the first step. Take down the valuable trees, burn the remaining, and finally start raising cattle.