'Exterminator of the future': Brazil's Bolsonaro denounced for environmental assault

Activist and politician Marina Silva warns Brazil's rainforest protections being destroyed but vows 'we can't let that happen'

Jair Bolsonaro is transforming Brazil into an "exterminator of the future", the activist and politician Marina Silva has warned, as she and seven other former environment ministers denounced the far-right president's assault on rainforest protections.

The eight former ministers - who served governments across the political spectrum over nearly 30 years - warned on Wednesday that Bolsonaro's government was systematically trying to destroy Brazil's environmental protection policies.