Amazon Fires

• Brazil forest fire season begins with concerns of mass destruction

  The government space agency that uses satellites to monitor fires reported more area burned in the month of July than in any July since 2016.

  World

  Aug 5, 2021
  
• Canada urged to halt trade talks with Brazil due to Amazon deforestation

  The federal government is being urged to halt trade talks with Brazil after another summer of record-breaking fires in the Amazon rainforest.

  Canada

  Sep 5, 2020
  
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• Two indigenous men shot dead in Brazil, near where forest guardian was killed weeks earlier

  Indigenous tribes in Brazil are facing escalating violence during the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro, who has promised to reduce tribal rights and encouraged the commercial exploitation of their protected lands.

  Environment

  Dec 7, 2019
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• Brazil’s president says Leonardo DiCaprio partly to blame for Amazon fires

  “DiCaprio is a cool guy, isn’t he? Giving money to set the Amazon on fire,” the president said to supporters in Brasilia.

  World

  Nov 29, 2019
• Bolsonaro says world concern for Amazon rainforest sensationalized by ‘lying’ media

  In a speech to the UN, Bolsonaro said any foreign aid to help protect the rainforest must fully respect Brazilian sovereignty.

  World

  Sep 24, 2019
• Bolsonaro open to discussing Amazon fires at UN after refusing assistance

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he wants to discuss the Amazon fires that have drawn world attention at the next U.N. General Assembly in September.

  Environment

  Sep 2, 2019
• Bolsonaro says fire ban in Brazil limited to Amazon region only

  Brazil's National Space Research Institute says fires have increased about 80% in Brazil this year when compared to the same period last year. A little over half those fires are in the Amazon.

  World

  Aug 31, 2019
• Bolsonaro stops using France’s Bic pens amid bickering with Macron

  Bolsonaro said he would "use Compactor pens, not Bic... because Bic is French."

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2019
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• Brazilian envoys in U.S. to discuss aid for raging Amazon fires

  Bolsonaro said he had asked U.S. President Donald Trump for “help” and that Trump had said “he couldn’t make a decision without hearing from Brazil.”

  Environment

  Aug 30, 2019
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• Forget oxygen — the Amazon’s destruction could threaten rain and food growing: experts

  The Amazon wildfires may not be wiping out the "lungs of the planet," but they could be threatening important rainfall.

  Environment

  Aug 29, 2019