Bolsonaro rejects 'Captain Chainsaw' label as data shows deforestation 'exploded'
by Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#4MSZG)
Data says 2,254 sq km cleared in July as president says Macron and Merkel 'haven't realized Brazil's under new management'
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon "exploded" in July it has emerged as Jair Bolsonaro scoffed at his portrayal as Brazil's "Captain Chainsaw" and mocked Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel for challenging him over the devastation.
Speaking in Sio Paulo on Tuesday, Brazil's president attacked the leaders of France and Germany - who have both voiced concern about the surge in destruction since Bolsonaro took office in January.
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