Bolsonaro faces growing pressure to green Brazil economy


Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro is coming under increasing pressure from businesses to adopt more environmentally friendly policies. – EPA pic, September 22, 2020.

AS the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and Pantanal wetlands bruises Brazil’s international image, bankers, business executives and even agribusiness firms are calling for a greener economy, adding to pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro.

Bolsonaro, a far-right climate-change sceptic, has called environmental groups a “cancer” for attacking his policies, which include pushing for protected lands to be opened to mining and agriculture in the world’s biggest rainforest.


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