FILE - This Sept. 15, 2009 file photo shows a deforested area near Novo Progresso in Brazil’s northern state of Para. The far-right Bolsonaro has made clear he intends to make major changes to Brazil’s environmental policy, including opening the globally vital Amazon rainforest to development and agribusiness. His environment minister has called climate change a “secondary issue.” Here’s a look at some of the key measures taken by Bolsonaro’s administration, which took office Jan. 1. ___INDIGENOUS LANDSDuring the campaign, then-candidate Bolsonaro vowed that if elected, “not a centimeter” more of land would be demarcated for indigenous reserves. The environment minister, Ricardo Salles, believes talks around climate change are too ideologically charged.

Source: Washington Post May 15, 2019 04:06 UTC