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There are other measures that could help, like actually policing the region and promoting economic alternatives for local population. Sadly, the currently Brazi

There are other measures that could help, like actually policing the region and promoting economic alternatives for local population. Sadly, the currently Brazilian government decided to stop both of them

icebraining 7y ago
I dislike the Brazilian government, but the rest of the world shouldn't wash their hands of the problem either. If the Amazon is important to the whole world, the whole world should be giving that government a damn good deal to convince it to prevent deforestation. As an European, I was quite disgusted by the reactions of the "EU leaders".
- Carioca 7y ago
  I wholeheartedly agree, but Bolsonaro has made it so that every step in that direction is extraordinarily difficult. There is a fund (Amazon Fund) that both provided material resources to IBAMA[1] and financed sustainable economic practices. Earlier this year, the government fired the board of directors of that fund and ended its transparency efforts. The money mostly came from the Norwegian and German governments, to the tune of about US$1.2 billion total[2]. Now both countries have stopped donating to the fund[3]. When Macron offered US$ 22m to help with the fires, Bolsonaro responded by first accusing him of being a “colonialist”[4]. He then proceeds to call Macron's wife ugly because WHY NOT?[5]. His finance minister, who was supposed to be one of the more moderate forces in this government, repeats the insult in a conference[6] This was all “free money”, only strings attached was oversight of its usage 1: Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, one of two federal agencies in charge of conservation 2: http://www.amazonfund.gov.br/en/donations/ http://www.amazonfund.gov.br/en/donations/ 3: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/16/norway-halts-amazon-fund-donation-dispute-brazil-deforestation-jair-bolsonaro https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/16/norway-halts-a... 4: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/world/americas/brazil-amazon-aid.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/world/americas/brazil-ama... 5: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/26/macron-rebukes-bolsonaro-over-extraordinarily-rude-comments-about-wife https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/26/macron-rebukes... 6: https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/business/2019/09/brazils-economy-minister-insults-wife-of-frances-president.shtml https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/business/2019...

icebraining 7y ago

I dislike the Brazilian government, but the rest of the world shouldn't wash their hands of the problem either. If the Amazon is important to the whole world, the whole world should be giving that government a damn good deal to convince it to prevent deforestation. As an European, I was quite disgusted by the reactions of the "EU leaders".

Carioca 7y ago
I wholeheartedly agree, but Bolsonaro has made it so that every step in that direction is extraordinarily difficult. There is a fund (Amazon Fund) that both provided material resources to IBAMA[1] and financed sustainable economic practices. Earlier this year, the government fired the board of directors of that fund and ended its transparency efforts. The money mostly came from the Norwegian and German governments, to the tune of about US$1.2 billion total[2]. Now both countries have stopped donating to the fund[3]. When Macron offered US$ 22m to help with the fires, Bolsonaro responded by first accusing him of being a “colonialist”[4]. He then proceeds to call Macron's wife ugly because WHY NOT?[5]. His finance minister, who was supposed to be one of the more moderate forces in this government, repeats the insult in a conference[6] This was all “free money”, only strings attached was oversight of its usage 1: Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, one of two federal agencies in charge of conservation 2: http://www.amazonfund.gov.br/en/donations/ http://www.amazonfund.gov.br/en/donations/ 3: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/16/norway-halts-amazon-fund-donation-dispute-brazil-deforestation-jair-bolsonaro https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/16/norway-halts-a... 4: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/world/americas/brazil-amazon-aid.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/world/americas/brazil-ama... 5: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/26/macron-rebukes-bolsonaro-over-extraordinarily-rude-comments-about-wife https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/26/macron-rebukes... 6: https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/business/2019/09/brazils-economy-minister-insults-wife-of-frances-president.shtml https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/business/2019...