SÃO PAULO—The election of Joe Biden will raise pressure on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to step up the country’s effort to curb growing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. Deforestation in the Amazon has accelerated under the Brazilian leader—in part, environmentalists say, because his calls for economic development in the jungle have emboldened land grabbers, illegal ranchers and wildcat miners. …Official data released last week showed deforestation at a 12-year high. …All of this creates one of the biggest dilemmas yet for the 65-year-old Brazilian leader: Change course and let down members of his political base who view the Amazon as an untapped resource crucial for Brazil’s development, or risk isolation and growing economic fallout. …“This [international] pressure will get the Brazilian government to invest in enforcement. This has long been our hope,” said an official fighting illegal logging in the Amazon. [We respect the copyrights of the source publication – full access may require a subscription]