巴西前总统贾伊尔·博索纳罗之子弗拉维奥·博索纳罗在本周总统选举首轮投票中获得47%的得票率，领先现任总统卢拉的44.2%1，两人将在10月25日进行第二轮决选1。这一结果令气候倡导者感到担忧，因为历史上巴西总统选举首轮领先者从未在第二轮中失利1。
弗拉维奥承诺继承其父的政治遗产，推行亲开采、反环保的政策1。这种政策立场对亚马逊雨林构成重大威胁。在贾伊尔·博索纳罗四年任期内，亚马逊森林砍伐增加了59.5%，相当于摧毁约20亿棵树1。相比之下，卢拉现政府已将亚马逊森林砍伐减少近50%1。
环保阵营在此次选举中遭遇挫折。前环境保护部长玛丽娜·席尔瓦未能进入参议院，原住民事务机构主席乔尼亚·瓦皮查纳未能进入国会1。在57名原住民候选人中，仅有2人成功当选1。此外，亚马逊地区9个州中，博索纳罗支持者现已控制其中7个州1。
Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, secured 47% of the vote in the first round of Brazil's presidential election this week, narrowly surpassing incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's 44.2%1. The two candidates will advance to a runoff scheduled for October 251. The result has alarmed environmental campaigners, as Flávio has pledged to inherit his father's political legacy and pursue pro-extraction, anti-conservation policies that threaten accelerated destruction of the Amazon rainforest1.
The stakes for the Amazon are substantial given the recent divergence in environmental records. During his four-year presidency, Jair Bolsonaro oversaw a 59.5% increase in Amazon forest clearing, equivalent to destroying approximately 2 billion trees1. By contrast, Lula's current government has reduced Amazon deforestation by nearly 50%1. Environmental setbacks extend beyond the presidency: former Environment Minister Marina Silva failed to secure a Senate seat, and Joenia Wapichana, head of the agency overseeing Indigenous affairs, did not win a Congressional seat1. Among 57 Indigenous candidates nationwide, only two were elected1.
The political landscape in the Amazon region underscores the challenge ahead for climate advocates. Bolsonaro supporters now control seven of the nine states in the Amazon region1. Historically, the first-round leading candidate in a Brazilian presidential election has never lost the second-round runoff1.
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