{"id":59576,"date":"2020-01-23T16:17:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T08:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=59576"},"modified":"2020-01-23T19:11:53","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T11:11:53","slug":"brazil-pres-bolsonaro-pledges-to-create-an-amazon-council-to-protect-the-rainforest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=59576","title":{"rendered":"Brazil: Pres Bolsonaro pledges to create an \u201cAmazon Council\u201d to protect the rainforest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.mercopress.com\/data\/cache\/noticias\/74226\/0x0\/hamilton-mourao-vicepresidente-de-brasil.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/en.mercopress.com\/data\/cache\/noticias\/74226\/760x480\/hamilton-mourao-vicepresidente-de-brasil.jpg\" alt=\"The council will be led by Vice President Hamilton Mourao and will be tasked with coordinating the \u201dvarious actions in each ministry concerned with the protection, defense and sustainable development \"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>BRASILIA, Jan 23 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) &#8212; Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said he will create an \u201cAmazon Council\u201d to coordinate the protection and sustainable development of the world&#8217;s largest rainforest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bolsonaro, who has faced a firestorm of criticism for his environmental policies since taking power in January 2019, presided over a surge in deforestation in the Amazon last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The council will be led by Vice President Hamilton Mourao, Bolsonaro said on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will be tasked with coordinating the \u201cvarious actions in each ministry concerned with the protection, defense and sustainable development of the Amazon,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A National Environmental Force charged with protecting the rainforest will also be established, Bolsonaro said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcements come as Bolsonaro pushes for the legalization of mining and farming in indigenous territory. A bill is expected to be sent to Congress soon. Indigenous leaders said last week the plan was tantamount to \u201cgenocide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deforestation in the Amazon soared 85% in 2019 compared with a year earlier, official figures show. &#8212; NNN-MERCOPRESS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRASILIA, Jan 23 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) &#8212; Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said he will create an \u201cAmazon Council\u201d to coordinate the protection and sustainable development of the world&#8217;s largest rainforest. Bolsonaro, who has faced a firestorm of criticism for his environmental policies since taking power in January 2019, presided over a surge in deforestation in the Amazon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":59592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,297],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59576"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}