Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose for the fourth straight mo...
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO - Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose for the fourth straight month in August from a year earlier, according to preliminary government data released on Friday, adding to concerns over fires already ravaging the region.
“I haven’t seen any contracts being canceled in any sectors. Exports continue, but the red light is flashing,” Marcello Brito, president of the Brazilian Agribusiness Association, told reporters at a briefing. Brazil’s Environment Minister Ricardo Salles told Reuters in an interview on Friday that the government did not have enough funds to hire more permanent environmental enforcement agents, who are used to combat deforestation and fires.
“They cut trees and then later they start fires, so possibly will continue,” Aguiar said. “If they have already deforested in the previous month, we’ll see fire this month.”
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