Biden s hopes to save the Amazon fade around Brazil s crooked environment minister
Ricardo Salles is accused of exporting illegal timber to the EU and US, shredding Brazil s credibility to tackle against climate change
6 June 2021 • 6:00am
Brazilian farmer Helio Lombardo Do Santos and a dog walk through a burnt area of the Amazon rainforest, near Porto Velho
Credit: CARL DE SOUZA/AFP
Ever since Brazil s environment chief suggested running the cattle herd through the Amazon, hopes that the country would halt rising deforestation have been relegated.
A little over a year later the man who should be the leading voice on protecting the world s biggest carbon sink is now accused of running an illegal timber operation out of the rainforest.
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