Tag: Amazon fire
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Amazon fires a ‘lie’ says Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro
The far-right leader has faced international condemnation for presiding over huge fires and rising deforestation in the Amazon -- criticism he took issue with in a speech to a video conference of countries that share the world's biggest rainforest.
August 12, 2020 -
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro makes UN debut, says Amazon rainforest belongs to Brazil
Bolsonaro said that Brazil's "Amazon is bigger than all of Western Europe" and that more than 60 per cent of it is "preserved," and thus his government "does not accept" the idea that any other country can tell Brazil what it should do to conserve the biomass.
September 25, 2019 -
US, Brazil agree to Amazon development
The developments took place during a meeting between Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
September 14, 2019 -
Amid Amazon wildfire crisis, 7 nations sign forest protection pact
The pact will also increase cooperation on fighting causes of deforestation, including illegal mining and forest clearing for agriculture and drug trafficking.
September 7, 2019 -
Pact on Amazon region conservation to be signed
"The reason for this call is related to the importance of the Amazon, not only for the Amazon countries and for the region, but for the entire world," Trujillo said.
September 5, 2019 -
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro to skip Amazon fire summit due to surgery
The far-right president cited medical reasons for the absence, saying that doctors barred him from travelling on the eve of a surgery scheduled for next week. Doctors have also said Bolsonaro would need 10 days of rest following the operation.
September 3, 2019 -
Brazil’s burning ban takes effect as Amazon fires rage
The decree that was issued by President Jair Bolsonaro comes after escalating international pressure over the worst fires in the Amazon in years, which have ignited a diplomatic spat between Brazil and Europe.
August 30, 2019 -
Brazil bans burning for 2 months in fight against Amazon fire
The blazes that have engulfed parts of the world's largest rainforest -- which is crucial for maintaining a stable global climate -- have also sparked a diplomatic spat between Brazil and Europe that threatens to torpedo a major trade deal.
August 29, 2019 -
Hundreds of new fires in Brazil as outrage over Amazon grows
The fires in the world's largest rainforest have triggered a global uproar, and are a major topic of concern at the G7 meeting in Biarritz in southern France.
August 25, 2019 -
Amazon fire: Thousands out on Brazil streets protesting against President Jair Bolsonaro
Demonstrators in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Brasilia, among other cities demanded a decisive action to protect the Amazon and denounced the far-right President, whose initial reaction to the fires was to blame them on environmentalist.
August 24, 2019