The NGO Greenpeace Brasil also joined in the criticism, declaring that Bolsonaro “implies that he wants Brazil to adapt to his wishes, in yet another clear authoritarian outburst where the word ‘kill’ is recurring”.
“While it seeks to blame third parties for the damage to its own policy, the forest burns and the Brazilian image disintegrates internationally. (…) His speech, violent and unacceptable, only shows that he is not willing to take any kind of effective action to prevent the Amazon from being destroyed and that he is not up to the responsibility of the position he holds ”, defended the NGO.
“Satellite data shows who the real cancer of the forest is. Bolsonaro may try, but he will not be able to kill the hope of Brazilians who fight in defense of life and the standing forest, ”concluded Greenpeace in a statement.
On Thursday, on the same day that Bolsonaro called NGOs “cancer”, Amnesty International (AI) warned of the “alarming number” of new fires burning in the Brazilian Amazon, accusing the country’s authorities of not protecting the land and human rights in that rainforest.
In the alert, the AI - NGO for the defense of human rights – regretted the fact that around 63 thousand fires had been detected this year, until August 31, according to data from the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) .
Amnesty also pointed out that deforestation in the region increased by 34.5% between August 2019 and July 2020, compared to the same period in 2018 and 2019, destroying a total area of 9,205 square kilometers.
The Amazon is the largest tropical forest in the world and has the greatest biodiversity recorded in an area of the planet, with approximately 5.5 million square kilometers, and includes territories of Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana (belonging to France).
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