Environment

Photographer Lalo de Almeida has been documenting the industrialisation taking place in the Amazon rainforest after the Brazilian government relaxed environmental controls

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Some of the thousands of trucks that transport soya beans down a road in the Amazon

Lalo de Almeida/Folhapress/Panos​

The myriad ways in which deforestation in the Amazon could deleteriously impact the climate aren’t a new revelation. In fact, climate scientists and activists have long been sounding alarms about protecting the rainforest. Yet the Brazilian government has recently relaxed environmental controls on several large industrial developments in the region, opening the door to even more harmful changes.…