Amazon receives aid from only $ 22 million from the world's richest countries

On the last day of the G7 summit (Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom), French President Emmanuel Macron announced an offer of $ 22 million (which is just over $ 83 million). to help in the plight of the Amazon, which has suffered from tens of thousands of incidents in recent weeks.

Less than 24 hours after Notre-Dame de Paris burned down in April, 850 million euros ($ 945 million) had already been pledged for the restoration of the cathedral. Now an infinitely smaller amount has been offered to help reforest the region known as the "lungs of the world."

The Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world and its territory has been destroyed to make way for livestock - one of the main agricultural sources of methane emissions.

Brazilian government response

In response, Planalto Palace announced late last night that the Jair Bolsonaro administration will reject the $ 22 million offer from the world's seven largest economies.

"Brazil will not accept any initiative that implies relativizing sovereignty over its territory, whatever the pretext and whatever the guise, " wrote Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo, who attended the meeting at the Ministry of Defense between Bolsonaro and some of his ministers to talk about the topic.