Brazil’s far-right leader slashes Amazon protections, and forest begins to fall | World News, The Indian Express

Brazil’s far-right leader slashes Amazon protections, and forest begins to fall | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Brazil |Updated: July 28, 2019 12:17:39 pm

Brazil’s far-right leader slashes Amazon protections, and forest begins to fall

Brazil had previously tried to portray itself as a leader in protecting the Amazon and fighting global warming. Between 2004 and 2012, the country created new conservation areas, increased monitoring and took away government credits from rural producers who were caught razing protected areas.

An aerial view of an illegal sawmill from a helicopter carrying members of the Specialized Inspection Group, a part of BrazilÕs environmental protection agency called Ibama, in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Territory in Brazil, March 24, 2017. (Lalo de Almeida/The New York Times)

Written by Letícia Casado and Ernesto Londoño