The decree banning fires, set to be issued next week, repeats a similar temporary ban instituted last year when forest fires surged, provoking outcry that Brazil was not doing enough to protect the world's largest rainforest. Some firms are putting additional investments in Brazil on hold or threatening to divest if Bolsonaro's government does not act. - This week saw an outpouring of social media posts decrying forest fires in the Amazon rainforest, many of them under the hashtag #PrayforAmazonas. - This week saw an outpouring of social media posts decrying forest fires in the Amazon rainforest, many of them under the hashtag #PrayforAmazonas. Following last year's ban and deployment of the military to fight forest fires, Amazon blazes declined in September and October 2019, compared to the same months a year prior.

Source: Irish Independent July 09, 2020 20:48 UTC