Advocates say the far right Bolsonaro government's systematic rampage against environmental protections is responsible.
“There will be more deforestation,” said Astrini. “The Amazon will fast forward to its collapse point.”
Last month, during the U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, President Joe Biden went as far as to“In addition to being divorced from reality, Biden’s statement is remarkably tone-deaf,” Maria Laura Canineu and Luciana Téllez Chávez of Human Rights Watchon the final day of the summit, where the two leaders met for the first time. “Biden has shamefully squandered the opportunity to leverage his meeting with Bolsonaro to support the courageous defenders of the Amazon.
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