‘Resources fit to reforest Europe’: Brazil rejects G7 aid for Amazon fires

A USD 20 million pledge was made at the G7 summit in France to fight the rainforest blazes.

Updated on: Aug 27, 2019, 09:26:59 IST

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Brazil on Monday rejected aid from G7 countries to fight wildfires in the Amazon, with a top official telling French President Emmanuel Macron to take care of “his home and his colonies.”

A man is seen on a burning tract of the Amazon jungle in Canarana, Mato Grosso state, Brazil August 26, 2019. (Reuters Photo)

“We appreciate (the offer), but maybe those resources are more relevant to reforest Europe,” Onyx Lorenzoni, chief of staff to President Jair Bolsonaro, told the G1 news website, referring to a pledge of USD 20 million made at the G7 summit in France to fight the rainforest blazes.

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