Tag: Amazonas devastation

Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 03:24 UTC
Bolsonaro calls climate activist Greta Thunberg “a brat” over Tweeter posting

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday dubbed activist Greta Thunberg “a brat” after the 16-year-old Swede denounced the murder of two indigenous people in the Amazon region and pointed fingers at illegal deforestation.
Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 21:45 UTC
United Nations ban Brazil's speech on climate change

After the South American country's failure to comply with the request that a project to increase Brazil's commitments with climate issues, the United Nations decided Wednesday to veto the speech which was to be delivered by dignitaries of President Jair Bolsonaro's administration.
Thursday, August 29th 2019 - 09:42 UTC
US did not agree to the G7 US$ 20 million emergency aid for the Amazon

The United States did not agree to a US$20 million emergency aid package to help battle wildfires announced by French President Emmanuel Macron at a G7 summit this weekend, a spokesman for the US National Security Council (NSC) said on Wednesday.
Wednesday, August 28th 2019 - 08:09 UTC
Bolsonaro will consider G7 aid for the Amazon if Macron retracts from “insults”

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he wants French President Emmanuel Macron to retract “insults” against him before he considers accepting aid from the Group of Seven nations who offered US$20 million to help fight forest fires in the Amazon.
Tuesday, August 27th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Brazil's Bolsonaro rating collapses, according to latest opinion polls

The approval rating of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro’s government has plunged to 29.4% in August from 38.9% in February, according to a poll published on Monday that showed a majority of Brazilians are unhappy with his performance.
Tuesday, August 27th 2019 - 07:38 UTC
PM Johnson pledges £10 million to restore Amazon rainforest; UK wants to host 2020 climate change conference

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday pledged £10 million (US$12.3 million) to help restore the Amazon rainforest that has been ravaged by fires, sparking a wave of global concern. The money would be made available immediately to help restore the habitat, including areas that have been hit by the fires, the British government said in a statement released at the G7 summit in the French resort of Biarritz.
Monday, August 26th 2019 - 20:13 UTC
Record number of fires in the Amazon rainforest coincides with a sharp drop in fines for environment violations

The record number of fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has coincided with a sharp drop in fines for environmental violations, BBC analysis has found. Official data from Brazil's environment agency shows fines from January to 23 August dropped almost a third compared with the same period last year.
Monday, August 26th 2019 - 17:56 UTC
New fires raging in the Amazon; agriculture sector warns Bolsonaro: “nationalistic bravado will not win the game”

Hundreds of new fires are raging in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, official data showed, as thousands of troops were made available to help fight the worst blazes in years following a global outcry. Multiple fires billowing huge plumes of smoke into the air were seen across a vast area of the northwestern state of Rondonia.
Saturday, August 24th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
G7 summit adds 'Amazon wildfires' to an already thorny agenda, which is scrapping a joint declaration

G7 leaders gathering in France this weekend plan to hammer out “concrete measures” in response to the wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest, putting them on a collision course with Brazil's rightwing leader.
Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 20:47 UTC
Amazon deforestation: Bolsonaro ready to sack official who exposed him

The head of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research said on Friday he was going to be sacked following a row with President Jair Bolsonaro over deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.