Amazon rainforest fire burning at 'record rate' as smoke blocks out sun in Brazil

[OrbitalDawn]

Possibly true. It's still a highly corrupt, socialist regime, after all. But I guess it's the same for any sort of charity: for every £1.00, usually only £0.06 or so actually makes it to it's intended beneficiary.

Bolsonaro's right wing, conservative administration is... socialist in your view?

 

[Gordon_R]

Slightly tongue-in-cheek article suggesting than Amazon Inc (the online retailer) should help bail out The Amazon (the rainforest). See: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-08-29-bring-on-amazon-to-save-the-amazon/

 

[Emjay]

Forget The Amazon Hype, Fires Globally Have Declined 25% Since 2003 Thanks To Economic Growth

There was a 25% decrease in the amount of land area that was burned from 2003 to 2019, thanks to economic development.

www.forbes.com

 

[Gordon_R]

Brazil president still in denial: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49815731

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Amazon rainforest is his country's sovereign territory.

His policies of opening up the area to development have been criticised amid the wildfires raging there.

But in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.

"It is a fallacy to say that the Amazon is the heritage of humankind, and a misconception confirmed by scientists to say that our Amazon forests are the lungs of the world," he said.