Brazil calls in the army to fight Amazon rainforest fires as 10,000 separate blazes tear through country
BRAZIL President Jair Bolsonaro has sent in the army in a desperate bid to deal with the wildfires tearing through the Amazon rainforest.
Images of fires raging in the Amazon broadcast around the globe sparked protests outside Brazilian embassies from Mexico City and Lima to London and Paris. "The UK will continue to support projects in Brazil to do this and the Prime Minister will use the G7 to call for a renewed focus on protecting nature and tackling climate change together."
Environmentalists have warned that his controversial plans for more agriculture and mining in the region will speed up deforestation. INPE has reported an 84 per cent rise in wildfires since the start of the year with a total of 74,155 incidents so far.
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