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“These fires in the Amazon are cultural and of a small proportion,” indicates the video released by the Government, an argument that has been rejected by environmentalists and several observers.
This is not the first time DiCaprio has referred to the situation in the Brazilian Amazon, prompting Bolsonaro to accuse the Hollywood ‘star’ of financing wildfires in 2019.
Last month, DiCaprio again criticized the Brazilian head of state’s stance on the fires in what is the world’s largest rainforest.
“Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is under international pressure to contain the fires, but has publicly doubted the seriousness of the fires in the past, claiming that opponents and indigenous communities were responsible,” the actor wrote in the social network Instagram.
The Brazilian Amazon recorded nearly 30,000 fires in August, the second highest number of the month in 10 years, surpassing only 5% the figures recorded in the same period of 2019, when images of flames circulated in the largest tropical forest on the planet. . around the world and generated outrage.
The data are from the National Institute for Space Research of Brazil (INPE).
The Amazon is the largest tropical forest in the world and has the highest biodiversity recorded in an area of the planet, with approximately 5.5 million square kilometers, and includes territories of Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Surinam. and French Guiana (belonging to France).
