Since President Bolsonaro took office, his administration has undermined Brazil’s environment agencies and sought to weaken restrictions on protected areas and Indigenous territories.
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is driven largely by criminal networks that use violence and intimidation against those who try to stop them, and the government is failing to protect both the defenders and the rainforest itself, Human Rights Watch says in a new report.
Wildland fires make a huge contribution to climate change but some countries fail to adequately monitor or report emissions from them, says Greenpeace.