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The article offers information on the election of Jair Bolsonaro as the president of Brazil and its implications for the protection of Amazon rainforest, discussing the lack of focus on environmental policies by Bolsonaro, and the importance of Amazon rainforest to the global environment.

The article reports on the potential for international negotiations within the auspices of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) to break down, implying negative ramifications for global environmental diplomacy. Several countries with the richest biodiversity, such as Brazil, refused to sign environmental protection targets without being offered deals to share the money generated from the exploitation of their genetic resources.

The article reports that the Brazilian state of Pará has announced legal protection for 15 million hectares of Amazonian rainforest. The seven newly protected zones include two which together support 54 percent of all Amazonian animal and plant species. The government aims to increase satellite and ground vigilance of the newly protected zone, and to increase support for "conservation stewardship" by tribes who live in the forests.

Reports on the possible problems in the planned Earth Summit or the Conference on the Environment and Development in Brazil in June 1992. Growing antagonism between the rich and poor nations; Environmental problems caused by industrialized countries; Environmental destruction in developing countries caused by the lack of development.

Reports on the debt-for-nature swap with the Brazilian government and environmental groups. Legislation within the Brazilian government that allows this; How the plan works; The first expected trade that takes place with Nature Conservancy.