Amazon at risk from Bolsonaro's grim attack on the environment | Fabiano Maisonnave
by Fabiano Maisonnave for Climate Home, part of the G from Environment | The Guardian on (#40EMM)
Threats to the rainforest and its people and an end to the Paris agreement are among the promises of Brazil's presidential hopeful, reports Climate Home
No more Paris agreement. No more ministry of environment. A paved highway cutting through the Amazon.
Not only that. Indigenous territories opened to mining. Relaxed environmental law enforcement and licensing. International NGOs, such as Greenpeace and WWF, banned from the country. A strong alliance with the beef lobby.
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