“While Bolsonaro was en route to New York, we flew over the Amazon to record the reality of the destruction of the largest tropical rainforest in the world: illegal deforestation and burning."
Ice sculptures of the presidents Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro are melting in New York to expose the urgency to act on the nature crisis and biodiversity collapse.
A new Greenpeace Brazil investigation has revealed how the Bolsonaro government’s actions — as well as that of the international timber and meat markets — are ushering in the destruction of protected Ituna Itatá Indigenous Lands in the Amazon.
Deforestation within Indigenous territories in the Amazon rainforest skyrocketed in the first four months of 2020, increasing by 59 percent compared to the same period last year, a Greenpeace Brazil analysis of official deforestation data shows.
Last week in New York City, President Bolsonaro denied the environmental crisis, asserting that Brazil is a safer country and that the Amazon remains "virtually untouched."
On the eve of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s opening speech at the UN General Assembly, Greenpeace joined allies at Bryant Park in New York City to protest Trump and Bolsonaro’s anti-environmental agenda. Making a special appearance was a giant Bolsonaro puppet, chainsaw in hand.
While whales and other marine life are threatened by international whaling and habitat loss, they also face a domestic threat. Navy sonar testing and seismic testing from the oil and gas industry regularly take place in areas where marine species thrive. Find out more about the impacts and what you can do to help.
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