— Brazilian Environmental Minister Ricardo Salles, in a tweet, on Aug. 20, 2019“In reality, [the Amazon wildfires are] directly related to trade. ), in an interview, on Aug. 27, 2019ADAs smoke poured into Sao Paulo, Brazil, the fires raging across the Amazon sparked international outrage. Nevertheless, 2019 has seen just over 10,000 more fires than the Brazilian Amazon has seen on average over the past decade. In the early 2000s, another bout of international outrage over fires in the Amazon pushed the Brazilian government to implement a national action plan to deal with deforestation. So they understood that the president was with them.”A Brazilian federal prosecutor asked IBAMA to prevent the coordinated burning.

Source: Washington Post October 07, 2019 06:56 UTC