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Greenpeace releases Amazon deforestation photos

Countering Bolsonaro's UN speech, Greenpeace releases Amazon deforestation photos

Hours after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro painted a rosy picture of his administration's environmental record during a United Nations speech, Greenpeace and other environmental groups released a set of photos showing continued deforestation and fires in Earth's largest rainforest.

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Brazil land reform head fired amid push to legalize cleared Amazon land

Brazil land reform head fired amid push to legalize cleared Amazon land

President Jair Bolsonaro has fired the head the country's land reform agency (INCRA), a move critics say derives from pressure from the powerful farm lobby.

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Former Brazilian enviro ministers blast Bolsonaro environmental assaults
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Former Brazilian enviro ministers blast Bolsonaro environmental assaults

A new manifesto by eight of Brazil's past environment ministers has accused the rightist Bolsonaro administration of "a series of unprecedented actions that are destroying the capacity of the environment ministry to formulate and carry out public policies."

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