In 2019, deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest has surged. That same year, Jair Bolsonaro took office in Brazil. And according to Greenpeace France, it’s no coincidence.
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00:00To give you an idea, it represents about 93 times the area of a city like Paris, so
00:25the deforestation in the Mediterranean Amazon is absolutely colossal.
00:56Jair Bolsonaro is destroying, in a few months only, all the environmental protections
01:02that had been hard acquired in the Amazon and in Brazil.
01:06Jair Bolsonaro did not hide it during his presidential campaign.
01:10His goal is to develop agro-industry in the Brazilian Amazon,
01:14while we know that it is agro-industry that is the main cause of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.
01:20So it is very logical that 11 months after his inauguration,
01:23we find ourselves with a spectacular deforestation.
01:35It is really essential to defend and protect the Amazon for three reasons.
01:39The first reason is for the climate.
01:41If we want to stay in a world at 1.5 degrees,
01:44we must absolutely protect and preserve our forests, which are carbon deposits.
01:48The second reason is biodiversity.
01:50Tropical forests have an extraordinary biodiversity.
01:53We estimate that about two-thirds of terrestrial biodiversity is found in tropical forests.
01:58And finally, the last reason is local communities and indigenous peoples
02:02who depend on forests for their long-term and daily survival.
02:05And in Brazil, indigenous communities have been strongly threatened
02:09since the arrival of Jair Bolsonaro's power.
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