On a survey conducted in August 2019, a vast majority of Brazilian respondents demanded more control measures from the Bolsonaro Administration to prevent illegal deforestation in the Amazon. When asked whether they agreed with the sentence "President Jair Bolsonaro and the Federal Government should increase control measures to prevent illegal deforestation in the Amazon", 90 percent of respondents in Brazil strongly agreed.
In that same survey, up to 83 percent of respondents answered that the Brazilian government should adopt a zero tolerance policy towards illegal deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. In contrast, only six percent of respondents somewhat or strongly disagreed that illegal deforestation in the Amazon is worrisome.
Public opinion on the Brazilian government's handling of illegal deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in 2019
Characteristic
Strongly agree
Somewhat agree
Somewhat disagree
Strongly disagree
Do not know / No answer
President Jair Bolsonaro and the Federal Government should increase control measures to prevent illegal deforestation in the Amazon
90%
6%
1%
2%
0%
Illegal deforestation in the Amazon is worrying
88%
5%
2%
4%
0%
President Jair Bolsonaro and the Federal Government should adopt a zero tolerance policy against illegal deforestation in the Amazon
83%
8%
3%
5%
1%
The National Congress should assume more responsibility to achieve zero illegal deforestation in the Amazon
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IBOPE (ibopeinteligencia.com). (August 21, 2019). Public opinion on the Brazilian government's handling of illegal deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1043626/brazil-opinion-illegal-deforestation-amazon/
IBOPE (ibopeinteligencia.com). "Public opinion on the Brazilian government's handling of illegal deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in 2019." Chart. August 21, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1043626/brazil-opinion-illegal-deforestation-amazon/
IBOPE (ibopeinteligencia.com). (2019). Public opinion on the Brazilian government's handling of illegal deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1043626/brazil-opinion-illegal-deforestation-amazon/
IBOPE (ibopeinteligencia.com). "Public Opinion on The Brazilian Government's Handling of Illegal Deforestation in The Amazon Rainforest in 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Aug 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1043626/brazil-opinion-illegal-deforestation-amazon/
IBOPE (ibopeinteligencia.com), Public opinion on the Brazilian government's handling of illegal deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1043626/brazil-opinion-illegal-deforestation-amazon/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Public opinion on the Brazilian government's handling of illegal deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in 2019 [Graph], IBOPE (ibopeinteligencia.com), August 21, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1043626/brazil-opinion-illegal-deforestation-amazon/
