President Bolsonaro of Brazil is a Trump like figure who claims that environmental protection of the Amazon hinders economic growth. He recently got rid of Ricardo Galvao, the head of Brazil’s National Space Research Institute, because his (accurate) figures for deforestation of the Amazon were “smearing Brazil’s reputation” and were a “lie”.
Bolsonaro has given loggers and cattle ranchers a free hand to destroy the rainforest by cutting down or burning huge areas for profit. You can see the results on Google Earth particularly in the states of Rondonia and Mato Grosso.
The effects are most tragically seen in Brazil itself but it is a global problem and no part of the Earth’s surface will be spared the consequences.