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The Daily Digest: Environmental Protection Under Jair Bolsonaro

Artur Lorkowski, Special Envoy on Climate of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland | Dr. José Manuel Vieira Fragoso, Research Associate at the California Academy of Sciences, USA and at Brazil's National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA)

03-Jan-19 14:35

The Daily Digest: Environmental Protection Under Jair Bolsonaro

Hours after taking office, Brazil’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro, has launched an assault on environmental and Amazon protections with an executive order transferring the regulation and creation of new indigenous reserves to the agriculture ministry – which is controlled by the powerful agribusiness lobby. What will this mean for global climate change?

Produced by: Juliet Jacobs

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs, Tina Carmillia, Sharmilla Ganesan


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Categories:  Environment,  Science,  Politics,  Law and Legal Matters,  Social Issues

Tags:  climate change,  amazon,  indigenous people,  agribusiness lobby,  Daily Digest,  Bigger Picture, 


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