FILE PHOTO: The Amazon rain forest , bordered by deforested land prepared for the planting of soybeans, is pictured in this aerial photo taken over Mato Grosso state in western Brazil, October 4, 2015. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/File Photo
Government whip Senator Fernando Bezerra said that temporary presidential decree 876, which required congressional approval by Monday, would not be put to the vote before then. However, earlier this year lawmakers tacked on amendments that critics said had turned the decree in practice into an amnesty for landowners who collectively had deforested about 5 million hectares in recent years, an area slightly smaller than Costa Rica.
This is great. I hope they can resist, wild life is having a hard time these days. If we don't respect nature's balance and we end up being wiped from earth we can't complain, we are the ones to blame. But... it is unfair to drag animals with us. DoNotDestroyForests
Omg.
Today Mr. Salles, Pres. Bolsonaro's Department of Environment higher authority, reduced the budget of a environment council by 77%. This government is a real threat to Amazonia and they're proud of it.
jairbolsonaro is a huge shame for Brazil.
It is the fatal karma we such greedy and arrogant animals deserved. Extinction caused by ourselves.
They were defeated once. I'm sure they'll keep coming back. Stand fast for the forests, please. They're the only lungs this Earth has.
Oh No! Once it’s gone it’s gone... poor Forrest..
protect those forest.. humans as virus eating away planet earth's lungs has gone fare enough.. omg oxygen
People need money to eat, buy luxuries and be like you western people, that’s why they cut trees.
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