What Jair Bolsonaro did to the Amazon rainforest, in 2 charts - Vox
Sep 29, 2022 · In Brazil’s upcoming runoff election, President Jair Bolsonaro could be voted out. Here’s what that means for the rainforest. A car drives through forest fire smoke along a highway in the Amazon...
Deforestation of Brazil’s Amazon Has Reached a Record High.
Aug 24, 2022 · Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest is threatening to accelerate past a point of no return. Countries and international organizations have called on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to...
Are Amazon fires a ‘lie’? Here’s the evidence | CNN
Aug 19, 2020 · In aerial photos, smoke billows over trees and rivers in the Amazon and lines of glowing red embers snake across the ground – but President Jair Bolsonaro says the reports of fires in the vast...
President Jair Bolsonaro’s Role in the Increased Deforestation …
On August 10, 2019, farmers in Novo Progresso, Pará began the surge of Amazon fires in Brazil by starting fire to their properties in order to clear the land and show support for Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro.
Brazil's Bolsonaro blames Indigenous people for Amazon fires ... - NBC News
Sep 23, 2020 · BRASILIA - Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro told the United Nations on Tuesday that Indigenous people in the Amazon were to blame for fires in the rainforest this year and attacked the media for...
Worst Brazil forest fires in a decade, yet election silence
Oct 1, 2022 · Despite the smoke clogging the air of entire Amazon cities, state elections have largely ignored environmental issues. Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is seeking a second four-year term against leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who ruled Brazil between 2003 and 2010. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)
Amazon Rainforest Fires: Here’s What’s Really Happening
Aug 23, 2019 · Are the fires the fault of President Jair Bolsonaro? There is evidence that farmers feel more emboldened to burn land following the election of Mr. Bolsonaro.
Brazil's Jair Bolsanaro calls new Amazon fires a "lie" — as videos …
Aug 12, 2020 · Fires currently surging in the Amazon rainforest could be even more devastating than last year's, but Brazil's government is denying they even exist. On Tuesday, President Jair Bolsonaro...
The Amazon rainforest under Bolsonaro: a story of fire and …
Sep 16, 2021 · Out-of-control wildfires and increased devastation of the Amazon rainforest are the principal hallmarks of President Jair Bolsonaro’s government in the environmental sphere. In 2020,...
Brazil's Bolsonaro calls surging Amazon fires a 'lie' | Reuters
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, calling it a "lie," despite data produced by his own government showing that...