The Amazon rainforest is still on fire. It has been over three weeks now. In the run-up to the 45th G7 summit on Aug 24-26, Brazillian President Jair Bolsonaro and French President Emmanuel Macron got into a diplomatic spat over the fire. Bolsonaro spoke against Macron’s efforts to ally with the international community to help Brazil.
Bolsonaro tweeted that Macron's "ludicrous and unnecessary attacks on the Amazon" were unacceptable. He said that France was treating Brazil "as if [it] were a colony or no man's land".
Most Brazillian environmental experts have alleged the fire is a human-made disaster and blamed Bolsanaro and his environment minister Ricardo Salles for it. They have said Bolsonaro’s policies have prioritised development over conservation.G7 leaders have decided to release $22 million to help manage the fire in the Amazon. But environmental groups have said that it is “insufficient”.Richard George, the head of forests for Greenpeace UK, called it “chump change”.
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