Now on bbc news its hardtalk, with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The number of forest fires burning in the amazon rainforest may have dropped since the global alarm was raised in august, but brazils government is still feeling intense political heat. My guest today is brazilian environment minister Ricardo Salles who is in europe trying to convince sceptics that president bolsonaros government is not prioritising economic exploitation at the expense of environmental protection. How credible are the brazilian governments soothing words . Ricardo salles, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. Thanks for asking me. Would you accept that the global concern raised by the sweeping forest fires that we saw in august, burning swathes of amazon rainforest, would you accept that that has put a new level of scrutiny on the actions of the brazilian government . Definitely. Its true. Were already concerned about this problem of the burns, it begins in the middle ofjuly,