France, UN urge Brazil to protect fire-plagued Amazon
03AM [Updated: Fri Aug 23, 2019 07:07AM ]/ This TV grab shows wildfire near Robore, Santa Cruz region, eastern Bolivia on August 21, 2019. (Photo by AFP)/ Paris and the United Nations called Thursday for the protection of the fire-plagued Amazon rainforest as Brazil's right-wing president accused his French counterpart of having a "colonialist mentality" over the issue. Official figures show nearly 73,000 forest fires were recorded in Brazil in the first eight months of the year — the highest number for any year since 2013. Most were in the ...
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