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Bolsonaro Slams Biden’s Plan to Stop Amazon Deforestation

Brazil would get $20 billion to stop deforestation, Biden said
Brazilian government says sum falls short of Paris Agreement

Smoke rises as a fires burn in the Amazon rainforest in the Candeias do Jamari region of Porto Velho, Rondonia state, Brazil in 2019.Photographer: Leonardo Carrato/Bloomberg

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By Simone Iglesias and Shannon Sims

September 30, 2020 at 2:10 PM UTC

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September 30, 2020 at 4:03 PM UTC

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President Jair Bolsonaro hit back against U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden’s suggestion that Brazil could suffer economic consequences if it does not stop Amazon deforestation, calling it a “shame” and “a sign of contempt.”

Biden said in Tuesday’s debate that, if elected president, his administration would rejoin the Paris Agreement and rally wealthy nations to protect Brazil’s rainforest as part of a greater effort to combat climate change.