Amazon and Bolsonaro

duty: Environmental activists attribute that to one big change The election of the country's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, according to CNN. Responding to international condemnation of the rise in recorded fires in the Amazon, Bolsonaro said that protecting the forest is our duty, acting to combat illegal deforestation and any other criminal activities that put our Amazon at risk. While the country's farmers and cattle ranchers have long used slash-and-burn techniques -- when blazes clear land to ready it for other purposes -- an 80% rise in deforestation since last year signals a disturbing shift in a political ethos. He added that his military public service background contributed to his deep love and respect for the rainforest. Here's a look at how Brazil got here. But a quick look at the president's economic and environmental policies counter that narrative, with many of his critics arguing that that they have not only abetted this environmental disaster but, in fact, set the stage for it. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.