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(.#A.031).- Fires in the Amazon, worry is spreading around the world, August 22, 2019.
Fires in the Amazon, worry is spreading around the world.
Agence France-Presse
August 22, 2019.
Forest fires in the Amazon have become an international crisis, with the UN and the French head of state strongly calling on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has strongly opposed Emmanuel Macron.
Mr. Bolsonaro accused him of having "a colonialist mentality", after he made an appointment with the G7 members to "talk about the urgency" of the fires in the Amazon in Biarritz this weekend.
In two successive tweets, Bolsonaro accused Macron of "exploiting an internal issue in Brazil and other Amazonian countries" with "a sensational tone that does nothing to solve the problem."
"The Brazilian government remains open to dialogue, based on objective facts and mutual respect," wrote the far-right president. "The French president's suggestion that Amazonian affairs are discussed at the G7 summit without the participation of the region evokes an outdated colonialist mentality in the 21st century."
Mr. Bolsonaro participated in an evening crisis meeting in Brasilia. In the morning, he launched a new charge against environmentalists, who called for protests around the world Friday.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has launched a salvo of calls to save the Amazon by saying on Twitter "deeply concerned" by the fires in the world's largest rainforest, 60% of which is in the country. Brazilian.
"In the midst of the global climate crisis, we can not accept more damage to a major source of oxygen and biodiversity," writes Antonio Guterres, claiming that the Amazon is "protected".
Shortly after, it was the French president who expressed his concern, also with a tweet, unfortunately illustrated with an image taken by a photographer who died in 2003, like many other tweets.
"Our house burns. Literally. The Amazon, the lung of our planet that produces 20% of our oxygen, is on fire. It's an international crisis. G-7 members, see you in two days to talk about this emergency. "
Calls for the Amazon have also risen from the sporting world, with Cristiano Ronaldo, who posted on Twitter a 2013 photo taken in a non-Amazonian state, according to AFP's fact checkers. And show business, including the American singer Madonna, who posted on Instagram a photo of 1989, captioned: "President Bolsonaro please change your policy. We must wake up. "
Protests were planned for the Amazon on Friday, in Sao Paulo and Rio. The movement of young Swedish Greta Thunberg, the face of the fight against global warming, "Fridays for Future", has called for protests in front of Brazilian embassies and consulates around the world.
While the advance of fires in the largest tropical forest on the planet was very difficult to assess, the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) reported nearly 2,500 new fire starts in 48 hours in all of Brazil. Deforestation, which is advancing rapidly, is the main cause of fire starts.
"Strong suspicions"
According to the INPE, 75,336 forest fires were recorded in the country from January to 21 August - 84% more than in the same period last year - and more than 52% of Amazon.
While the Brazilian press began to report respiratory problems in some cities, the fires affecting the Amazon remained Thursday in Brazil the first trend on Twitter, illustrating its inevitable batch of photos or videos unrelated to "the lung of the planet.
Under the keywords #Nasa and #AmazoniasSemONGs (Amazonia without NGO), Internet users ensured that satellite photos of the American agency actually came from Bolivia or supported the president's anti-NGO work.
At the heart of the storm after his polemical statements the day before, Jair Bolsonaro hit the nail on the subject of "arson".
He explained that he could just as easily accuse "the natives, the Martians or the big landowners".
"But the strongest suspicions hang over NGOs," he said.
Wednesday Jair Bolsonaro had already pointed the finger at environmental NGOs.
"The NGOs are losing money, which came from Norway and Germany. They have more jobs, they try to overthrow me, "he said Thursday, referring to the suspension by these two countries of their grants to the Amazon Fund dedicated to the preservation of the huge rainforest.
"Cramer's image of Brazil"
However, he expressed his concern for the economic benefits.
"If the world starts to create trade barriers (against Brazil), our agronégoce will fall, the economy will decline (...).
"This environmental psychosis prevents us from acting," he said.
Representatives of the powerful agronégoce also worried about possible calls for boycotts of Brazilian products.
In a forum, 118 NGOs spoke out against "presidential irresponsibility".
"Bolsonaro does not need NGOs to burn Brazil's image all over the world", reads in this text, which denounces a president "who manipulates public opinion against the work done by civil society, with irresponsible and inconsistent allegations ".
F I N .
Fires in the Amazon, worry is spreading around the world.
Agence France-Presse
August 22, 2019.
Forest fires in the Amazon have become an international crisis, with the UN and the French head of state strongly calling on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has strongly opposed Emmanuel Macron.
Mr. Bolsonaro accused him of having "a colonialist mentality", after he made an appointment with the G7 members to "talk about the urgency" of the fires in the Amazon in Biarritz this weekend.
In two successive tweets, Bolsonaro accused Macron of "exploiting an internal issue in Brazil and other Amazonian countries" with "a sensational tone that does nothing to solve the problem."
"The Brazilian government remains open to dialogue, based on objective facts and mutual respect," wrote the far-right president. "The French president's suggestion that Amazonian affairs are discussed at the G7 summit without the participation of the region evokes an outdated colonialist mentality in the 21st century."
Mr. Bolsonaro participated in an evening crisis meeting in Brasilia. In the morning, he launched a new charge against environmentalists, who called for protests around the world Friday.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has launched a salvo of calls to save the Amazon by saying on Twitter "deeply concerned" by the fires in the world's largest rainforest, 60% of which is in the country. Brazilian.
"In the midst of the global climate crisis, we can not accept more damage to a major source of oxygen and biodiversity," writes Antonio Guterres, claiming that the Amazon is "protected".
Shortly after, it was the French president who expressed his concern, also with a tweet, unfortunately illustrated with an image taken by a photographer who died in 2003, like many other tweets.
"Our house burns. Literally. The Amazon, the lung of our planet that produces 20% of our oxygen, is on fire. It's an international crisis. G-7 members, see you in two days to talk about this emergency. "
Calls for the Amazon have also risen from the sporting world, with Cristiano Ronaldo, who posted on Twitter a 2013 photo taken in a non-Amazonian state, according to AFP's fact checkers. And show business, including the American singer Madonna, who posted on Instagram a photo of 1989, captioned: "President Bolsonaro please change your policy. We must wake up. "
Protests were planned for the Amazon on Friday, in Sao Paulo and Rio. The movement of young Swedish Greta Thunberg, the face of the fight against global warming, "Fridays for Future", has called for protests in front of Brazilian embassies and consulates around the world.
While the advance of fires in the largest tropical forest on the planet was very difficult to assess, the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) reported nearly 2,500 new fire starts in 48 hours in all of Brazil. Deforestation, which is advancing rapidly, is the main cause of fire starts.
"Strong suspicions"
According to the INPE, 75,336 forest fires were recorded in the country from January to 21 August - 84% more than in the same period last year - and more than 52% of Amazon.
While the Brazilian press began to report respiratory problems in some cities, the fires affecting the Amazon remained Thursday in Brazil the first trend on Twitter, illustrating its inevitable batch of photos or videos unrelated to "the lung of the planet.
Under the keywords #Nasa and #AmazoniasSemONGs (Amazonia without NGO), Internet users ensured that satellite photos of the American agency actually came from Bolivia or supported the president's anti-NGO work.
At the heart of the storm after his polemical statements the day before, Jair Bolsonaro hit the nail on the subject of "arson".
He explained that he could just as easily accuse "the natives, the Martians or the big landowners".
"But the strongest suspicions hang over NGOs," he said.
Wednesday Jair Bolsonaro had already pointed the finger at environmental NGOs.
"The NGOs are losing money, which came from Norway and Germany. They have more jobs, they try to overthrow me, "he said Thursday, referring to the suspension by these two countries of their grants to the Amazon Fund dedicated to the preservation of the huge rainforest.
"Cramer's image of Brazil"
However, he expressed his concern for the economic benefits.
"If the world starts to create trade barriers (against Brazil), our agronégoce will fall, the economy will decline (...).
"This environmental psychosis prevents us from acting," he said.
Representatives of the powerful agronégoce also worried about possible calls for boycotts of Brazilian products.
In a forum, 118 NGOs spoke out against "presidential irresponsibility".
"Bolsonaro does not need NGOs to burn Brazil's image all over the world", reads in this text, which denounces a president "who manipulates public opinion against the work done by civil society, with irresponsible and inconsistent allegations ".
F I N .
