Bolsonaro won in the most deforested municipalities of the Amazon

Lula

Bolsonaro

Areas deforested during Bolsonaro

presidency (2019-2022)

Belém

Manaus

Boundaries of the

‘Legal Amazon’

Lula

Bolsonaro

Areas deforested during Bolsonaro presidency (2019-2022)

Belém

Manaus

Boundaries of the

‘Legal Amazon’

Guardian graphic. Sources: Municipal boundaries from Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). Amazon rainforest boundaries from Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE). Deforestation data for 2019-2021 from PRODES (INPE), for 2022 from DETER (INPE). Note: only municipalities with more than 100 square kilometres deforested between 2019-2022 are plotted on the map