Brazil officials failed to act after warning of 'fire day’ in Amazon, prosecutors say
by Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro from Environment | The Guardian on (#4P0JS)
Investigation into why environment agency ignored warnings that farmers and land-grabbers were planning day of coordinated fires
Brazilian environmental officials and federal prosecutors say that they sent a warning that farmers and land-grabbers in the Amazon were planning a day of coordinated fires on 10 August to send a message to far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, but authorities failed to act.
Wildfires and burning deforested land are common during the Amazon's dry seasons but peaked this month to more than 26,000 - the highest August figure since 2010. The environmental disaster has taken on international dimensions and overshadowed the G7 meeting in Biarritz.
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