Under President Bolsonaro, the Brazilian government systematically undermined deforestation monitoring. When INPE satellite data showed a 40% increase in Amazon deforestation, Bolsonaro publicly questioned the data and fired INPE director Ricardo Galvao in August 2019. Environmental enforcement was gutted. International satellite data independently confirmed the massive deforestation surge.
Brazil's government fired the space agency head who published accurate Amazon deforestation data showing a 40% surge
βThe Bolsonaro government is hiding the true scale of Amazon deforestation by attacking the scientists who measure it. They fired the head of INPE for publishing accurate satellite data.β
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