Smoke rises over cleared forest on the Amazon frontier in Rondonia, Brazil — where deforestation spiked 92 percent in May 2025 and 51 percent of clearing hit recently burned land. Each fire scar becomes a footnote in a longer ledger of loss. [Photo: NASA / Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]

Amazon Deforestation Soars 92%: Brazil’s October 2026 Election Decides Future

Amazon deforestation jumped 92 percent in May 2025, with 51 percent of clearing in burned areas. Brazil's October 4, 2026 presidential vote decides forest protection and the 17 percent tipping margin.

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A pile of discarded clothing, used as an illustration of the textile-waste burden described in this report. [Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0]

Ghana’s Secondhand Clothing Trade Faces a Growing Textile-Waste Burden

Ghana’s secondhand-clothing trade supports livelihoods, but it also receives large volumes of garments that cannot be resold. At Kantamanto Market in Accra, traders sort and repair clothing for resale while dealing with damaged, low-quality and synthetic items that enter the waste stream. The environmental effects extend beyond the market. Textile waste can reach drains, waterways

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