bolsonaro took power. as the coronavirus raged through brazil, killing tens of thousands of people, brazil s environment minister had other issues on his mind, as this recording of a cabinet meeting reveals. we have the chance at this moment, when the media s attantion is almost exclusively on covid and not the amazon, he says. while things are quiet, let s do it all at once and change all the rules. there was a media storm. minister salles subsequently claimed what he wanted was to simplify the existing rules. but after that meeting, he withdrew protection from some of the forested areas of brazil. and president bolsonaro s government certainly appears to be dismantling some of the structures that had succeeded in holding back destruction in the amazon. the environmental police force,
back at home, they wanted to tell the others what they d seen. it showed the brazilian government can protect the forest if it wants to. pira i was hopeful for the future. but that hope was short lived. soon after i left, brazil entered a time of political turmoil. deforestation started to rise again. the most dramatic increase came two years ago, when president bolsonaro took power. as the coronavirus raged through brazil, killing tens of thousands of people,
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