{"id":49120,"date":"2021-08-09T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=49120"},"modified":"2025-09-10T17:27:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:27:28","slug":"photos-fires-amazon-brazil-illegal-bolsonaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/49120\/photos-fires-amazon-brazil-illegal-bolsonaro\/","title":{"rendered":"New images of illegal fires in the Amazon show another year of historic deforestation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Manaus – Greenpeace Brazil captured images of illegal fires causing widespread destruction in the Amazon during a flyover carried out between 29 to 31 July. The images come as the Brazilian Space Research Institute (INPE) registered 8.712 km\u00b2 of deforestation over the period of August 2020 to July 2021, the second largest year-round deforestation rate recorded by the DETER-B alert system.<\/p>\n\n

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Forest fire in a deforested area in a public forest in Porto Velho, Rond\u00f4nia.
\u00a9 Christian Braga \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Photos and videos available on Greenpeace\u2019s Media Library<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cHaving dismantled environmental enforcement, Bolsonaro and the Brazilian congress are now proactively trying to reward illegal deforestation and land theft. Using emergency legislative rules inappropriately, they are sneaking through new radical bills that will bring more destruction and worsen the climate emergency,\u201d says Cristiane Mazzetti, Senior Forest Campaigner, Greenpeace Brazil.<\/p>\n\n

Despite recent promises by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to address illegal deforestation, he and his allies are advancing a suite of radical bills that would allow for more deforestation and undermine Indigenous Peoples\u2019 land rights. On 3 August, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies passed a radical law, PL2633 that would legitimize land grabbing within public lands. Land grabbing on public lands is linked to one-third of all Amazon deforestation in Brazil.  Experts predict that these proposals could \u2018break\u2019 the Amazon because the rainforest can only sustain so much forest loss before it fails as an ecosystem. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cFew expected this government to fulfill its disingenuous promise to reduce deforestation by 10%. Officials continue to weaken environmental agencies and, for the third year in a row, are using the military to investigate environmental crimes, a strategy proven to be ineffective,\u201d continued Mazzetti, \u201cIf the Brazilian Senate approves the land-grabbing bill, however, they will accelerate the collapse of the Amazon and destroy parts of the rainforest that are key to preventing the worst scenarios of the climate and biodiversity emergencies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

ENDS<\/p>\n\n

Photos and videos available on Greenpeace\u2019s Media Library<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Karen Mota, press officer, Greenpeace Brazil, +55 11 95640 0443, imprensa.br@greenpeace.org<\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace International Press Desk, +31 (0)20 718 2470 (available 24 hours), pressdesk.int@greenpeace.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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