As global leaders meet, the Amazon rainforest burns

RIO DE JANEIRO - The fires that burned through the Amazon rainforest last month sparked international outcry and offers of help, but as world leaders meet in New York, the planet's largest rainforest remains engulfed in flames.

"It's sad to see Brazilians attacking me for fires in the Amazon, as if they hadn't always existed," Bolsonaro wrote on Facebook on Thursday. Bolsonaro is a climate change sceptic, but last month he sent soldiers to help put out fires in the Amazon region after Brazil came under criticism at the Group of 7 summit, with the host French President Emmanuel Macron among the most outspoken detractors.

"We did a lot of fly-overs. We did not see anything happening on the ground, apart from the deforestation that is progressing. It's tragic," he told AFP. On Monday, Macron will launch a"call for mobilisation" on the Amazon together with his counterparts Sebastian Pinera of Chile and Ivan Duque of Colombia during a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

"I am preparing a rather objective speech, unlike my predecessor," he wrote on Facebook, adding,"I'm going to get hit, you can be sure. The media always finds something to complain about."The government"wants to show that it is doing the best for the forest. In fact, it is doing its utmost for deforestation", said Greenpeace's Astrini.And there's little to suggest that the fires are abating.

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