Thread by @Gerrrty

#Brazil Forces allied to #Bolsonaro have caused a huge forest fire, displacing an Indigenous community and MST camp.

The #Amazon rainforest has been burning for weeks at a record rate - adding to an already alarming level of deforestation. #Bolsonaro
#PrayforAmazonas #Brazil

The Brazilian Amazon, considered the "lungs of the planet", have been burning for weeks. Conservationists have blamed #Bolsonaro, saying he has encouraged loggers and farmers to clear the land for cattle ranching #Brazil #PrayForAmazonia
#PrayforAmazonas

#Brazil largest city #SaoPaulo was plunged into darkness as thick plumes of black smoke from Amazon forest fires blocked out sunlight
Conservationists accuse #Bolsonaro of encouraging deforestation for cattle farming
#PrayForAmazônia #ClimateEmergency

#Brazil Deforstation has surged 278% in the last year. Farmers are cordinating massive burnings intentionally #PrayforAmazonas #Bolsonaro

Indigenous people are protesting at the CCJ to prevent more violence against the #Amazon. PEC 187 authorizes the leasing of indigenous lands for mining and agribusiness #Brazil #PrayforAmazonas #G7

Ricardo Salles #Brazil’s Environment Minister gets booed and jeered while at a #ClimateChange event. #AmazonRainforest #PrayforAmazonia

There was worldwide outcry when the #NotreDame cathedral was on fire. Why is there not the same level of outrage for the fires destroying the #Amazon Rainforest?
#PrayforAmazonas #Brazil

How do the presidents of #Brazil and #Bolivia face the issue of the #Amazon fires?
#PrayforAmazonia