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Weekly Report - 21 November 2019 (WR-19-46)

BRAZIL: Calls for action as deforestation increases

Annual data published on 18 November by the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Inpe), Brazil’s national institute for space research, has confirmed that Amazon deforestation is on the rise. President Jair Bolsonaro and his government, whom many hold responsible for this worrying trend, are now facing renewed calls to take action to tackle the causes driving deforestation and protect those who defend the rainforest.

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