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De-Florestation in Brazil was really hard to curb. A lot of it is caused by fake benevolence. A good example NGOs that take money to protect the amazon, the pro
by lanevorockz 6y ago
De-Florestation in Brazil was really hard to curb. A lot of it is caused by fake benevolence. A good example NGOs that take money to protect the amazon, the process goes like this : raise money / buy land / cut 70% of the land / replant / advertise the replanting / repeat ...
It is completely legal and the environmentalists are in favour of that. At some point they might own the whole thing. Problem is that this is the cause of the fires, these new replanted forests are nowhere as dense and humid as the new quick raising ones.
Current Government did two things, relaxed on releasing the amazon satellite data and curbed down the 70% allowance to 30%. That might make it less profitable for the NGOs and maybe the reason they only recently double down on the rhetoric.
- robotbikes 6y agoThis is a pretty big claim, or that NGOs cut down 70% of the land they buy. Do you have any links that contain news or evidence that this practice is widespread and the allowance change ?
- zorked 6y agoThis is a conspiracy theory supported by Bolsonaro and his supporters. In reality NGOs active in the Amazon are more likely to live under death threats and barely have any funding at all for even basic activities.
- pelasaco 6y agoAs you put looks like the Amazon before was well protected. Just look the data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation_of_the_Amazon_rainforest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation_of_the_Amazon_ra... "Loss Rate". I do believe that there are good and bad NGOs acting there. There are even registered cases https://www.dw.com/pt-br/membros-de-ong-s%C3%A3o-presos-na-amaz%C3%B4nia/a-51430158 https://www.dw.com/pt-br/membros-de-ong-s%C3%A3o-presos-na-a... I couldn't find the text in German or English, but "Deutsche Welle" isn't exactly pro-bolsonaro. EDIT, found one article from "The Guardian" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/26/brazil-police-raid-ngo-office-amazon-wildfires https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/26/brazil-police-...
- zorked 6y agoThey reported the arrest, they didn't say that it was justified. The volunteers were released and cleared some time after that, which you may also remember. Brazilian police is shockingly corrupt and largely aligned with the equally corrupt Bolsonaro government and this ridiculous arrest was an attempt to sell a narrative.
- pelasaco 6y agoCorrupt Bolsonaro government? Probably you are mixing up with Lula?
- renatoakamur 6y agoWell, they're released because there were no proof. https://educacao.uol.com.br/videos/?id=brigadistas-voluntarios-sao-soltos-em-santarem-no-pa-04024C193872C8B96326 https://educacao.uol.com.br/videos/?id=brigadistas-voluntari...