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Ricardo Salles, Minister of the Environment, regretted, on the night of this Thursday (10), the publication of a video in which a golden lion tamarin, endemic to the coast of Rio de Janeiro, appears as a pimpão in the Amazon as proof that all is well in the region. But he did not give his arm to cheer and said that the largest rainforest in the world does not burn “as they say.”
As the attack is the best defense, he took the opportunity to call false photos of pots against Jair Bolsonaro, as happened in several cities of the country during the speech of the President of the Republic on September 7.
“I regret the video containing the lion tamarin in the Amazon, although it is not actually burning as they say. Next time, I will refer to the same compliance that acted on the fake photos and materials of the alleged pot!”
Even the jaguar that had its legs burned by fire in the Pantanal knows that the golden micro-lion lives only in the Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro. And on the R $ 20 bill, of course.
Salles and the Vice President of the Republic, Hamilton Mourão, however, made parrots, imitated the peasants of Pará who had published the video to convince the world that the stories that the Amazon falls and burns would be unfounded. Davi versus Goliath: A video of ranchers versus thousands of satellite images showing the tan forest. As Bolsonarismo is not known for verifying information, it would not be a big problem. But this time, the country went wrong.
In particular, Salles and Mourão could even post a video of a maned wolf in a cerradão to say that the Amazon rainforest is fine if they both protect both biomes. They would be considered eccentric in opposition to the image of irresponsible, to say the least.
The Minister of the Environment has been the most competent of Jair’s assistants, since he is fulfilling what he promised to the president and the archaic section of ruralistas. The proposal to take advantage of the pandemic, while the press and society worry about the dead, to “pass the cattle” against environmental standards may be depressing, but it is objective and effective. And as we talk about her push to actor Leonardo DiCaprio, the cow goes to the swamp.
International fund investors who have a modicum of critical sense have already realized that the theater set up by the Brazilian government to convince that the country is concerned about the jump in deforestation and burning in the Amazon and the Pantanal and that it will do Anything in your power to reduce costs is as true as a $ 200 bill with a pooch of candy.
Even those who are fast as lazy have already realized that a government, which does not allow environmental inspectors, seeks legalization of land grabbing and defends illegal loggers and miners, just wants to get involved.
Any polar bear depressed from being trapped in a chunk of ice floating in the Arctic could explain that the process of climate change is not about left and right, but about our survival as a species. In other words, it is an issue that separates civilization and barbarism. And sadly, the government seems to have chosen its side in history.
The Amazon is not the lung of the world, but it immobilizes billions of tons of carbon that, if released into the atmosphere, will make the planet a worse place to live. Without it, less water is drawn from the ground and thrown into the air. Without it, São Paulo can say goodbye to its agriculture because our rain system depends on it. Without it, there will be a desert that will advance over other production areas. You may not have a golden lion tamarin there, but it has the most biodiversity on the planet. And millions of people live there, including traditional populations, their languages and cultures.
The clock is ticking. Counting backwards.
In the end, the question that needs to be answered is whether the government is really willing to combat the real threats that endanger our planet, changing its behavior towards the environment or making fun of them while burning money from exports of meat, soy, iron. pig iron, among others, which will be blocked in ports around the world, accused of environmental and social crimes. Or while watching tens of billions in investments flow from Brazil for fear of the risks of its ecological flatness.
Which reminds you that the main tamarin also lives in Rio, but is endemic to a condominium in Barra da Tijuca.
