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Wilful destruction - a gallery of shame
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BRAZIL - DIRECTOR OF THE AGENCY FOR SPACE RESEARCH (INPE) FIRED
The Amazon forest is the largest pristine forest in the world. Most of it is in Brazil. Brazil has a large, rapidly increasing, population and a few socio-economic problems it wants to solve. Voters offered Bolsonaro a chance to get the job done. Apart from fighting corruption and crime, Bolsonaro wants to develop Brazil. This means he prefers agriculture and mining over forestry. His implicit message was understood by those with a similar interest. According to the (independent) Brazilian Agency for Space Research (INPE), forest destruction increased by 88% in June of this year. Not true, Bolsonaro said. INPE said the info was based on solid (scientific) research and sound conclusions. Not scientific and not solid, Bolsonaro replied. A few days ago, Director R. Galvao of INPE was fired by the Secretary of Science (...) Pontes. The article on the site of the Dutch National Broadcasting Company (NOS) is in Dutch, meaning you need to use the translator: https://nos.nl/artikel/2296136-ontslag-voor-braziliaanse-topambtenaar-die-ontbossing-amazone-aantoonde.html One of our members interested in wild animals recently said he's interested in travel-related proposals. How about a trip to the Amazon forest, PC? In a few decades from now, it will be largely gone. You could start at Manaus. Sumatra is interesting as well. There's still a bit of forest left. In a few decades, it will be gone. |
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