Environmentalists have criticized the country’s president for encouraging illegal deforestation.
legal fires for 60 days as the country’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, faces international outrage for his handling of the environmental crisis. There is an exception for fires that help the life of plants and subsistence farming practices performed by indigenous populations.
Scientists agree that the fires were likely caused by cattle ranchers and farmers both legally and illegally burning brush and trees to make way for agricultural development. Environmentalists claim that Bolsonaro encouraged illegal deforestation and NASA data shows that there has been an: The fire ban may provide some relief to the area, but it is unclear if those already setting illegal fires will simply ignore the decree. : The fires have caused a bitter personal feud between Bolsonaro and French President Emmanuel Macron, which culminated in Bolsonaro
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