Flávio Bolsonaro’s advance in Brazil’s election is grim jolt for climate campaigners

Inquest under way into why President Lula's success in curbing Amazon deforestation has not led to success at polls

More fire, more ash, more crime, more death. And a globally important ecosystem driven ever more rapidly towards a point of no return. That is the prospect for the Amazon rainforest for at least the next four years if Flavio Bolsonaro holds on to the lead he established this week in the first round of Brazil's presidential election.

This appears to be of far more concern to the outside world than to voters in Latin America's biggest, richest and most biodiverse nation.