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Little talk of rainforest protection in the Brazilian Amazon

In this May 31, 2022, photo provided by Danila Bustamante, Vanda Witoto, who is running for Congress in Amazonas state, poses for a photo in Manaus, Brazil. Like other Brazilians, residents of the Amazon will elect governors and lawmakers in general elections in October. Pro-environment messages are nearly absent among the candidates. Witoto is an exception. (Danila Bustamante via AP) FILE - Indigenous leader Sonia Guajajara speaks flanked by Kayapo leader Raoni Metuktire, left, and Joenia Wapichana, the first indigenous congresswoman to be elected to Brazil's lower house, at a meeting with lawmakers to discuss land rights and the Chamber of Deputies' role in the protection of the environment in Brasilia, Brazil, April 25, 2019. Like all Brazilians, residents of the vast Amazon region will elect governors and lawmakers in October’s general elections. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File) In this July 26, 2022, photo provided by Vic von Poser, Vanda Witoto, who is running for Congress in Amazonas state, campaigns in downtown Manaus, Brazil, as a candidate for National Congress. Like other Brazilians, residents of the Amazon will elect governors and lawmakers in general elections in October. Pro-environment messages are nearly absent among the candidates. Witoto is an exception. (Vic von Poser via AP) FILE - Illegal minors search for gold in the Ireng River on the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous reserve in Roraima state, Brazil, near the border with Guyana, Nov. 7, 2021. Like all Brazilians, residents of the vast Amazon region will elect governors and lawmakers in October’s general elections. Many politicians vie for who has a bolder promise to relax legal restrictions on gold mining, expand deforestation for agribusiness and pave highways through the forest. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)