The Brazilian government lacks the resources to fight a record number of wildfir...
SAO PAULO - The Brazilian government lacks the resources to fight a record number of wildfires burning in the Amazon rainforest, President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday, weeks after telling donors he did not need their money.
Fires in the Amazon have surged 83% so far this year compared to the same period a year earlier, government figures show, destroying vast swathes of a forest considered a vital bulwark against climate change. Questioned again on Thursday about those comments, he said he could not prove that NGOs, for whom he has cut funding, were lighting the fires but that they were “the most likely suspects.”
Brazil is facing growing international criticism over its handling of the Amazon, 60% of which lies in the country.
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