The war of words reached a new pitch after the Brazilian leader made a sarcastic comment on a social media post mocking the French first lady.
Tag: Forests and Forestry
As the Amazon Burns, Europe Seizes Title of Climate Champion
With the Trump administration nearly silent, European leaders have energetically stepped in to take up the mantle of leadership. A trade deal could be at stake.
As Amazon Fires Become Global Crisis, Brazil’s President Reverses Course
After days of playing down the fires raging across the Amazon, President Bolsonaro orders the military to step in. But it’s not clear that will be enough.
Amazon Rain Forest Fires: Here’s What’s Really Happening
How widespread are the fires? Is climate change to blame? Who’s at fault for the burning?
With Amazon Rain Forest Ablaze, Brazil Faces Global Backlash
The fires scorching the Amazon come amid growing concern that Brazil’s weakening environmental policies could jeopardize the country’s trade and foreign relations.
Fires in Amazon Rain Forest Have Surged This Year
The fires, most of which have been set by farmers clearing their land, are raging in uninhabited areas of rain forest and intruding on populated areas in the country’s north.
Scorched Portugal Turns to the Goat as a Low-Cost Firefighter
Portugal is using goats to clear the underbrush that fuels wildfires in hard to reach places and abandoned lands. If only it can find shepherds to tend them.
Bolsonaro Fires Head of Agency Tracking Amazon Deforestation in Brazil
The president claimed a government monitoring agency had released deforestation data with the intent to harm Brazil’s image abroad, a decision that incited protests from environmental organizations.
Ethiopia Says It Planted Over 350 Million Trees in a Day, a Record
The initiative is part of a campaign by the prime minister to plant four billion trees in the country before the fall to combat deforestation and global warming.
Under Brazil’s Far Right Leader, Amazon Protections Slashed and Forests Fall
Cutting down trees at the current rate could lead to runaway deforestation, environmentalists say. But President Bolsonaro is sticking to his promise to curb enforcement.