At COP, Brazil is presenting itself as an Amazon defender. But a key measure to slow deforestation is in grave peril.
![Aerial view of triggered forest fire and deforestation for planting soybeans, on September 2020, in the Amazon Rainforest, Vilhena - Rondonia state. [Courtesy Andre Dib, WWF Brazil]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Incendio-florestal-provocado-e-desmatamento-para-o-plantio-de-soja-Vilhena-Rondonia-Amazonia.-Credito-Andre-Dib-WWF-Brasil-1-1762460357.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
At COP, Brazil is presenting itself as an Amazon defender. But a key measure to slow deforestation is in grave peril.
![Aerial view of triggered forest fire and deforestation for planting soybeans, on September 2020, in the Amazon Rainforest, Vilhena - Rondonia state. [Courtesy Andre Dib, WWF Brazil]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Incendio-florestal-provocado-e-desmatamento-para-o-plantio-de-soja-Vilhena-Rondonia-Amazonia.-Credito-Andre-Dib-WWF-Brasil-1-1762460357.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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![A key objection to space advertising proposals is that they will contribute to light pollution from space, a problem that is growing even without ads in orbit [File: Scott Kelly/NASA via AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/AP17284644577154.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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