Pressed about Amazon deforestation, Bolsonaro proposes only ******** on alternate days to remediate climate change
Official figures suggest that the biggest reason for felling trees there is to create new pastures for cattle. Over the past decade, previous governments managed to reduce deforestation by means of concerted action by federal agencies and a system of fines. But Mr Bolsonaro and his ministers have criticised the penalties and overseen a dramatic fall in confiscations of timber and convictions for environmental crimes.
Jair Bolsonaro: 'Poop every other day' to protect the environment [BBC] (Image: Fábio Rodrigues Pozzebom/Agência Brasil, CC-BY, modified; Dikshajhingan, CC BY-SA, modified)