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Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has dismantled environmental policies, causing negative consequences for the environment, climate change, economy, and human life. The government has dismantled the Ministry of Environment's structure, transferred the Brazilian Forest Service to the Ministry of Agriculture, and disintegrated entities responsible for indigenous peoples and traditional communities. Deforestation control plans have been shelved, and the National Environment Council (Conama) has been weakened, reducing civil society representation from 22 to 4 members. Minister Ricardo Salles, convicted of administrative misconduct, has been accused of environmental fraud and is under investigation for illicit enrichment. Brazil's environmental achievements are being destroyed, and the country's role in environmental issues is being reversed.