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 pro

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...