Bolsonaro pledges to "eliminate illegal deforestation in Brazil by 2030"

2021-04-22 1

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro pledges to "eliminate illegal deforestation in Brazil by 2030" during a US-hosted climate summit. In the 12 months to August 2020, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased 9.5 percent compared to the year before, destroying an area bigger than Jamaica, according to government data. TO COMPLETE VIDI98J4RX_EN