- Title: "Save Amazon Burn Bolsonaro": Angry protest in India over Brazil forest fires
- Date: 27th August 2019
- Summary: RONDONIA, BRAZIL (AUGUST 24, 2019) (MUTE) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SMOKE RISING ABOVE AREA OF AMAZON LEFT DESOLATE FROM FIRES CHARRED AREA OF AMAZON, SMOKE COMING FROM BURNT SHRUBS AND TREES AERIAL VIEW OF AMAZON THAT HASN’T BEEN AFFECTED BY FIRES/SMOKE RISING FROM THE BURNT AREA OF AMAZON CHARRED TREES STANDING IN AREA OF AMAZON THAT WAS DESTROYED BY WILDFIRES
- Embargoed: 10th September 2019 13:19
- Keywords: India Brazil Amazon rainforest Rondonia tropical forest protest forest fire Kolkata
- Location: KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, INDIA/RONDONIA, BRAZIL
- City: KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, INDIA/RONDONIA, BRAZIL
- Country: India
- Topics: Environment
- Reuters ID: LVA004ATZT0SV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Protesters in India's eastern Kolkata city staged a demonstration outside the Brazilian consulate on Tuesday (August 27) against President Jair Bolsonaro and demanded protection for the Amazon rainforest.
Alleging that Bolsonaro is trying to sell the Amazon forest land to the corporate, protesters waved posters of the Brazilian president with devil horns saying, "Save Amazon, Burn Bolsonaro", during the demonstration.
A record number of fires are ravaging the rainforest, many of them in Brazil, drawing international concern because of the Amazon's importance to the global environment.
Forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon, which accounts for more than half of the world's largest rainforest, have surged in number by 83% this year, according to government data, destroying vast swathes of a vital bulwark against global climate change. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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