Thousands of new fires ignited in the Amazon; Bolsonaro says Europe has nothing to teach Brazil on environment

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President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday that Europe has “nothing to teach” Brazil about preserving the environment, as data showed thousands of new fires were ignited on the first day of a ban on burning. Read full article

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Room101
Results speak louder than words. Fires out out and policies defined and publicised and adhered to.
Sep 01st, 2019 - 05:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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DemonTree
So apparently Norway passed a law that every time someone cut down a tree, they had to plant two new ones, and then a few years ago they suddenly ran out of wood, because there was no space left to plant any. It was a little too successful...

Probably not true, but funny anyway.
Sep 02nd, 2019 - 06:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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@DemonTree

REF: “there was no space left to plant any”:

That shouldn't be a problem if they decide to plant trees in Brazil. Brazil encourages chopping-off &/or burning trees. So there always will be enough space to plant more trees!
Sep 03rd, 2019 - 12:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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