Clear-cut risks: the Amazon degrades

Published: Aug. 8, 2019, 9:56 a.m.

Deforestation is on the rise and Brazil\u2019s government is all but encouraging it. Beyond a certain threshold, the world\u2019s largest rainforest will dry out into a savanna\u2014with dire consequences. We ask why Malaysia\u2019s reformist coalition isn\u2019t doing much reforming of the country\u2019s illiberal laws. And, Norway\u2019s growing scourge of fish-smuggling.