Jair Bolsonaro launches assault on Amazon rainforest protections
by Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro from Environment | The Guardian on (#464T0)
Executive order transfers regulation and creation of indigenous reserves to agriculture ministry controlled by agribusiness lobby
Hours after taking office, Brazil's new president, Jair Bolsonaro, has launched an assault on environmental and Amazon protections with an executive order transferring the regulation and creation of new indigenous reserves to the agriculture ministry - which is controlled by the powerful agribusiness lobby.
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