Amazon burns and Jair Bolsonaro blames environmental NGOs

The Amazon jungle is threatened by a growing fire that worries the world scene because of the importance of this ecosystem in the environmental record of the Earth. Therefore, the president Jair Bolsonaro he had to go out to give an explanation of the case and the controversy broke out when He has accused, without any evidence, NGOs seeking to "attract attention" against the Brazilian government.

According to Bolsonaro, the withdrawal of money for non-governmental organizations is what could justify a reaction from them: "The crime exists, so we must do our utmost to ensure that this crime does not increase, but we take the "Money from NGOs, 40% of transfers from abroad have been made to NGOs, we have also completed the transfer of public funds, so these people are losing money," said the president of Palacio da Alvorada.

He also said that his fears were that forest fires are meant to send the images abroad. When asked if there was an investigation about it, he replied that this case did not have any archives: "The fire was apparently hit in strategic places. There are pictures from all over the Amazon. How can this be? Nor would it be possible for all burning locations to film and send the film. " there are people who shoot and burn, "he said.

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According to Bolsonaro, the government "is not insensitive" to fires and badesses measures to be taken with the Ministries of Defense and the Environment. He also said that NGOs represented "interests outside Brazil".

"I'm not saying that NGOs are responsible for fires. We must fight crime, and then we will see who is responsible for the crime. But, in my opinion, these NGOs, which represent interests outside Brazil, have an interest, "he concluded.

The fire destroys "the lung of the planet" at a record speed: only until now this year have occurred more than 40,000 fires in the region of the Brazilian Amazonmore than half of those in the country (72,000 until August).

The National Institute of Space Research (INPE) of Brazil recognizes that fires have increased so far this year by more than 80% if we compare it to the same period of 2018.

These data displeased the president who, on August 2, after publishing the report, fired the director of INPE, Ricardo Galvao, accusing him of fabricating false data.