The Brazilian Amazon is facing its worst spate of forest fires since 2010, prompting a global outcry and worries that destruction of parts of the world’s largest rainforest could hurt demand for Brazil’s exports.
Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations in August offered $20 million of emergency aid to help fight Amazon fires, a gesture Brazil at the time criticized as colonialist.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-forests-protection-aid/without-brazil-donors-unlock-500-million-to-preserve-rainforests-idUSKBN1W81KK
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