{"id":20404,"date":"2021-05-10T18:10:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T18:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/?p=20404"},"modified":"2021-05-12T04:48:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T04:48:24","slug":"jair-bolsonaros-plans-blackmail-with-the-amazon-as-hostage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/jair-bolsonaros-plans-blackmail-with-the-amazon-as-hostage\/","title":{"rendered":"JAIR BOLSONARO’S PLANS BLACKMAIL WITH THE AMAZON AS HOSTAGE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We recently wrote about the LEAF<\/a> project, which uses a strategy that funds good behaviour by compensating governments who demonstrate that they have met specific deforestation goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brazil’s polarising president, Jair Bolsonaro stated that he now wants to extract more money from the Americans to halt the destruction of one of the world’s greatest assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re being generous, you might claim the stance represents a robust negotiating tactic, or you might instead choose to believe the Amazon rainforest, which affects the entire planet’s environment, should not be used as a currency in negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this regard, Brazil’s Congress is debating a new bill that would enlarge squatter rights on public land – something they say will allow them to enforce stricter policies on environmental protection. But many disagree and believe it is designed to make deforestation easier and allow people who grab land for commercial benefit to operate legally. We wrote about this subject previously when public land was found for sale on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Europe Retailers are Pushing Back<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now some European retailers want to send a message back to Bolsonaro and his government. A number of big companies, including Tesco, Marks and Spencer, Metro, John Lewis and others have said they will boycott Brazilian agricultural products if the changes go ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n