As record numbers of fires burn in Amazon, Bolsonaro blames NGOs

He also recently fired the head of INPE, Ricardo Galvao, after dismissing data showing an 88% rise in deforestation between June 2018 and June 2019 as “lies.”

A man works in a burning tract of Amazon jungle as it is being cleared by loggers and farmers in Iranduba

A man works in a burning tract of Amazon jungle as it is being cleared by loggers and farmers in Iranduba

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