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What Bolsonaro’s defeat means for the Brazilian Amazon; Plus we remember Mike Davis

The Amazon River in 2008. | Image by Amauri Aguiar is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

On today’s show:

0:08 – Efforts to combat deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon are expected to find support from Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who recently won the Brazilian presidential election. Christian Poirier (@cpeartree), Program Director at Amazon Watch joins us to discuss.

Mike Davis in 2017. | Image by Archinect is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

0:33 – We remember Mike Davis who died last week after a prolonged battle with cancer. He gave this talk about his book City of Quartz at the Whittier College of Law on May 16, 1992.