3 hours agoAmazon Fires: Brazilians appeal to president to accept European bid
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Governors of nine Brazilian regions most affected by record fires of a decade, urged President Jair Bolsonaro to accept foreign aid in the fight against destructive fires. The head of state initially rejected the G7's bid after a clash with French President Emmanuel Macro. But after his meeting with governors, the government [...]
Governors of nine Brazilian regions most affected by record fires of a decade, urged President Jair Bolsonaro to accept foreign aid in the fight against destructive fires.
The head of state initially rejected the G7's bid after a clash with French President Emmanuel Macro.
But after his meeting with the governors, the Brazilian government changed course. The condition she decides, however, is that the 22 million dollars promised, you control them yourself.
The Brazilian government is open to receiving financial support from various organisations and several states, but it is very important to note that this support will not violate Brazil's sovereignty and that management of these funds will be under our control”, the spokesman for the Brazilian Presidency, Otavio Regog Barros.
Many fires are burning throughout Brazil, mostly in the Amazon, and the world's attention has returned. But why is it so important to save the world's largest tropical forest?
The Amazon remains a vital store of carbon, thus slowing down the pace of global warming and fires that are devouring the “land mutre of” are at risk of irreparable consequences.
The prosecution is investigating against farmers, a group whose group appears to have launched massive fires on August 10th to create arable land.
According to one recent study, it takes at least seven years for Amazon forests to release vapor into the atmosphere and absorb carbon dioxide.
