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G7 members agree to release $22 million to fight Amazon rainforest fire

French President Emmanuel Macron said G7 nations would release $22 mn

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In this Aug. 20, 2019 drone photo released by the Corpo de Bombeiros de Mato Grosso, brush fires burn in Guaranta do Norte municipality, Mato Grosso state, Brazil | Photo: AP/PTI
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1 min read Last Updated : Aug 26 2019 | 11:57 PM IST
G7 members have agreed to provide logistical and financial support to help fight fires in the Amazon rainforest. French President Emmanuel Macron said G7 nations would release $22 mn.
 
However, President Jair Bolsonaro said the plan of an “alliance” to “save” the Amazon treated Brazil “as if we were a colony or no man’s land”. A record number of fires is burning in Brazil, according to the country’s space research agency.


Topics :G7 summitAmazon Forest Fire

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