“We are thankful, but maybe those resources would be more relevant to reforest Europe,” Onyx Lorenzoni told G1 Globo. Lorenzoni serves as chief of staff to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
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At this rate, 2019 will see twice as many fires in Brazil as the country had in 2018. This is the most active fire year Brazil has seen since 2010, before the country’s environmental policies were overhauled.
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Just a few days ago, Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles publicly endorsed the $20 million donation, but the government has completely reversed course. Bolsonaro spoke to G1 to condemn both the plan and one of its chief donors, French President Emmanuel Macron.
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“Macron cannot even avoid a foreseeable fire in a church that is a world heritage site,” Bolsonaro said, referring to April’s Notre Dame cathedral fire. “What does he intend to teach our country?” He went on to say that “Brazil is a democratic, free nation that never had colonialist and imperialist practices, as perhaps is the objective of the Frenchman Macron.”
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Meanwhile, of course, the rainforest is still burning. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio’s environmental organization, Earth Alliance, recently pledged $5 million toward local South American groups, including indigenous populations, the people hit hardest by the fires. But environmental activists are saying that though the donations are helpful, a cumulative $25 million isn’t nearly enough to walk back years of harmful environmental regulations the Brazilian government had put in place to exploit the rainforest for monetary gain.
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