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The muddled progressive

Brazil has been a voice for, and a green influence on, developing countries in the past, but will that continue?

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Figure 1: Annual deforestation rate and growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in Brazil between 1989 and 2009.
Figure 2: A map of Brazil's 27 states and their climate legislation.

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Petherick, A. The muddled progressive. Nature Clim Change 3, 7–9 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1794

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