BRAZIL
An Amazonian Effort
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday ordered the deployment of the military to the Amazon region to fight fires as destruction of the world’s largest rainforest accelerates, Reuters reported.
Last year, Bolsonaro sent the military into the region in August to tackle a similar situation following an international outcry over a wave of fires destroying the rainforest.
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon increased in the first quarter of 2020 by 51 percent over last year.
Environmentalists said the forest’s role in trapping vast amounts of greenhouse gases that cause climate change is critical.
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