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The president of

Brazil

, Jair Bolsonaro, has accused the international community of

"greed towards the Amazon"

and has vindicated the right of his Government to

use "the enormous wealth of natural resources"

of his country.

Bolsonaro's intervention put the dissident note at the start of the

UN biodiversity summit

in which more than a hundred heads of state and government participate virtually, with the notorious absences of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

"Humanity has declared war on the planet,"

declared the Secretary General of the United Nations,

António Guterres

, at the start of the summit.

Guterres urged the international community to "turn from destruction to recovery of nature" and to put the protection of biodiversity at the center of financial decisions.

Chinese President

Xi Jingping

, as the next host of the

Kunming COP15 biodiversity summit

(postponed until 2021 due to the Coronavirus pandemic), made a double call for multilateralism and

"respect for the laws of nature

.

"

His good words, however, contrasted with the lack of a concrete commitment like the one made last week, when he anticipated that his country will pursue the goal of being "carbon neutral" before 2060.

The

European Union

has driven its part ,

the so -

called "commitment of leaders by nature, already signed by 70 countries (including Spain, France, Germany and the

UK). The action plan of 10 points includes the halt to deforestation, the end of unsustainable fishing practices, the elimination of plastic spills in seas and rivers, the removal of environmentally harmful subsidies and the transition towards sustainable food production and a circular economy.

Detaching himself from all leaders, Jair Bolsonaro launched his accusing finger at the international community and NGOs for

"interfering in the sovereignty of Brazil

." We will continue to take advantage of our environmental wealth, "proclaimed Bolsonaro, which went even further than his recent intervention. in the General Assembly and denounced the "injustice" of international laws.

Since coming to power in 2018, Bolsonaro has been criticized for weakening environmental controls and encouraging deforestation.

In the summer of 2019,

fires in the Amazon set a record for the last decade

.

In 2020, the

National Institute for Space Research (INPE)

registered up to 10,000 fires in the first ten days of August.

Bolsonaro claims that these news are part of "a brutal disinformation campaign" against his country.

As a preamble to a year considered crucial for the protection of the environment, the

Living Planet Report of 2020

- sponsored by the WWF organization and by the Zoological Society of London - warned about the

loss of 68% of global populations of mammals, birds , fish, amphibians and reptiles between 1970 and 2016

.

According to the report on the State of Plants in 2020, coordinated by

Kew Gardens in London

and in which 210 scientists from 42 countries have participated, up to 40% of known plant species (many of them used for medicinal purposes) they could be at risk of extinction.

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