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Bolsonaro said he wouldn’t make a final decision until Macron apologized for remarks that Bolsonaro considered a challenge to his credibility. Brazil ’ s ambassador to France told national television early Tuesday that the country would reject the G - 7 offer because it had not been included
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has ruled out accepting a G 7 offer of aid to fight fires in the Amazon rainforest unless he gets an apology from his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron . Mr Bolsonaro said the French leader should apologise for insulting him personally by calling him a liar.
SAO PAULO, Brazil —Brazil’s president appeared Tuesday to walk back an initial rejection of a $22.2 million package from the Group of Seven nations to help fight fires sweeping through the Amazon rainforest.
But President Jair Bolsonaro said any consideration of the aid remained tied up in his dispute with President Emmanuel Macron — even as officials in the fire-stricken regions spoke of negotiating directly with other countries for help if needed.
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As Brazil said it would reject a m (£16m) G 7 contribution to fight the fires, Jair Bolsonaro spurned Macron ’s criticism of his environmental record and Brazil ’ s leader said he had been cheered by an earlier tweet in which the US president said Bolsonaro was “working very hard on the Amazon fires
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Brazil would only accept the offer of aid if French President Emmanuel Macron retracts comments that he found offensive. "Mr Macron must withdraw the insults he made against me," Bolsonaro told reporters in the capital Brasilia. "To talk or accept anything
Bolsanaro said he would not make a final decision until Macron apologized for remarks that Bolsonaro considered a challenge to his credibility and an attack on Brazil’s sovereignty.
In the Amazon region, fires are rare for much of the year because wet weather prevents them from starting and spreading. However, in July and August, activity typically increases due to the arrival of the dry season. Brazil's National Institute for Space Research, a federal agency monitoring deforestation and wildfires, said the country has seen a record number of wildfires this year.
(Pictured) Aerial view of damage caused by wildfires in Otuquis National Park, in the Pantanal ecoregion of Bolivia, on Aug. 26.
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RIO DE JANEIRO — As dozens of fires scorched large swaths of the Amazon, the Brazilian government on Thursday struggled to contain growing global outrage over its environmental policies, which have paved the way for runaway deforestation of the world’s largest rain forest . The fires, many intentionally set, are spreading as Germany and Norway appear to be on the brink of shutting down a $1.2 billion conservation initiative for the Amazon.
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he wants French President Emmanuel Macron to withdraw the “insults” made against him before he considers accepting a million offer from the G 7 nations Brazil is and will always be an international reference in sustainable development.” G - 7 offer .
Smokes rises from forest fires in Otuquis National Park, in the Pantanal ecoregion of Bolivia, on Aug. 26.
Five things to know about the Amazon rainforest fires
The surge in wildfires raging through the Amazon rainforest is posing a threat to the environment beyond Brazil's borders. Environmental experts say the destruction of the rainforest could make it harder to combat climate change on a global scale. That's because the rainforest - a source of 20 percent of the earth's oxygen - has served a vital role in carbon storage, absorbing a substantial amount of the 2.4 billion metric tons captured each year by forests worldwide. An increase in fires and deforestation in that region could markedly accelerate warming climates beyond South America.
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Brazil ’ s President Jair Bolsonaro says he may be open to discussing G 7 aid for fighting fires in the Amazon, if French Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he’ll only consider accepting aid from the G 7 if French President Emmanuel Macron withdraws the insulting comments he made about him.
Amid smoke from forest fires, cattle graze on a farm along the road to Jacunda National Forest, near the city of Porto Velho in the Vila Nova Samuel region, on Aug. 26.
Activists hold placards as they take part in a demonstration demanding protection for the Amazon rainforest outside the embassy of Brazil in Kathmandu, Nepal on Aug. 26.
In the image released on Aug. 26, the Hercules C-130 aircraft of the Brazilian Air Force waiting to collect filled bags of water to fight fires in the Amazon rainforest, on Aug. 24.
An activist demonstrates during a protest called by intellectuals and artists against the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, at Ipanema Beach, on Aug. 25.
In the image released on Aug. 25, firefighters trying to extinguish a fire in the Amazon rainforest, on Aug. 24.
G7 leaders vow to help Brazil fight fires, repair damage
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven nations said Sunday they are preparing to help Brazil battle fires burning across the Amazon region and repair the damage even as tens of thousands of soldiers got ready to join the fight against blazes that have caused global alarm. French President Emmanuel Macron said the summit leaders were nearing an agreement on how to support Brazil and said the agreement would involve both technical and financial mechanisms "so that we can help them in the most effective way possible.
A supertanker, an aerial firefighting airtanker, throws water in the fight against forest fires in the surroundings of Robore in eastern Bolivia, on Aug. 25.
This photo released by Mato Grosso Firefighters, shows the Chapada dos Guimaraes wild fires, on Aug. 23 in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday said he might send the military to fight massive fires in the Amazon as an international outcry over his handling of the environmental crisis grows.
Demonstrators protest in front of the Brazilian Embassy calling on Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro to protect the Amazon rainforest, in Lima, Peru on Aug. 23.
A man sets fire to a map of South America during a demonstration to demand for more protection for the Amazon rainforest, on Aug. 23 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The words at rear read: "I fight for the Amazon."
Aerial picture showing a deforested piece of land in the Amazon rainforest near an area affected by fires, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in the state of Rondonia, in northern Brazil, on Aug. 23.
Members of an indigenous tribe from the Amazon sing in protest organised by Extinction Rebellion at the Brazilian Embassy against the fires and tree burning in the Amazon rainforest on Aug. 23 in London, United Kingdom.
Demonstrators march holding a banner with a message that reads in Portuguese: "The Amazon belongs to the people", during a protest demanding action from Brazil's government combating the fires in the Amazon on Aug. 23 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Medical student and environmentalist Sofia Guzman, 22, wears a mask she made to represent a toucan skull, during a protest to call for action to protect the Amazon rainforest, outside Brazil's embassy in Mexico City, on Aug. 23.
Protesters hold a Brazilian flag with the letters SOS written on it during a demonstration to demand for more protection for the Amazon rainforest, on Aug. 23 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
A group of indigenous people attend a protest outside the Brazilian embassy due to the wildfires in the Amazon rainforest, on Aug. 23 in Bogota, Colombia.
Aerial picture showing smoke from a two-kilometre-long stretch of fire billowing from the Amazon rainforest about 65 km from Porto Velho, in the state of Rondonia, on Aug. 23.
Neri dos Santos Silva, center, watches an encroaching fire threat after digging trenches to keep the flames from spreading to the farm he works on, in the Nova Santa Helena municipality, in the state of Mato Grosso, on Aug. 23.
A handout picture provided by Porto Velho's Firefighters shows a fire at the Brazilian Amazonia, in Porto Velho, capital of Rondonia, Brazil, on Aug. 18.
Active fires, represented by red dots, are pictured from space over Bolivia, captured by the Suomi NPP weather satellite on Aug. 22. The city lights of Santa Cruz, Bolivia's largest city, are visible as the bright, white glow in the left-center of the image.
Brazil's former Environment Minister (2003-2008), Marina Silva, speaks during a conference at a university in Bogota on Aug. 22. Silva said that the situation in the Brazilian Amazon, plagued by severe fires and deforestation, is "out of control." The environmental leader does not hesitate to point at the government of far-right Jair Bolsonaro to have led to "unbridled action" in one of the world's vital ecosystem.
This TV grab shows wildfire near Robore, Santa Cruz region, eastern Bolivia on Aug. 21. Up to now, wildfires in Bolivia have devastated about 745,000 hectares of forests and pasturelands. Neighboring Peru, which contains much of the Amazon basin, announced it was "on alert" for wildfires spreading from the rainforest in Brazil and Bolivia.
In this Aug. 20 drone photo released by the Corpo de Bombeiros de Mato Grosso, brush fires burn in Guaranta do Norte municipality, Mato Grosso state, Brazil.
In this Aug. 15 satellite image, fires burn in the State of Rondonia, Brazil, in the upper Amazon River basin.
“Before speaking or accepting anything from France, even if it comes from the best possible intentions, he must retract his words. Then we can talk,” he told journalists.
The comments are the latest escalation of the feud between the two presidents while the world’s most precious rainforest burns.
Macron threatened last week to block a free-trade agreement between the European Union and Latin America, saying Bolsonaro lied to him about his commitment to the environment. Over the weekend, Bolsonaro appeared to mock the appearance of French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife.
Related: Why the Amazon fires may only just be getting started (Washington Post)
Brazil had said it would reject the aid offer because it was not involved in the decision-making process, the country’s ambassador to France told national television earlier on Tuesday.
Bolsonaro — a climate change skeptic — has questioned the group’s “colonial mentality.”
But Bolsonaro’s administration appeared split on whether to accept the money.
On Monday, Brazil’s environmental minister said he welcomed the aid. “I think we need to aggregate as many tools as possible to resolve this,” he said on Brazilian television on Monday. Governors in the Amazon said they were willing to bypass Brazil’s federal government and negotiate directly with Europe if necessary.
“We cannot be without these resources,” state governor Wilson Lima told local newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo on Monday.
Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo urged European countries to channel aid through the United Nations Climate Convention instead of creating new initiatives.
“It is very clear, that some political channels, are trying to extrapolate real environmental concerns and use them in a fabricated ‘crisis’ as a pretext to introduce mechanisms for foreign control of the Amazon,” he tweeted.
Bolsonaro campaigned on a promise to open the Amazon up for business and development. Since his inauguration in January, deforestation and fires in the rainforest have surged.
Earlier this month, Germany and Norway cut a combined $72 million in funds after Bolsonaro said he would use part of the funds to give money to cattle and soy farmers.
Backlash over the fires has snowballed into Bolsonaro’s largest international and domestic crisis since taking office. Bolsonaro’s personal approval rating fell to 41 percent in August from 57.5 percent in February, according to a recent poll.
Seven Brazilian states have called on the army for help with the fires. On Saturday, the Defense Ministry announced 44,000 soldiers were ready to deploy to fight the fires in the Amazon, an area that spans 61 percent of the country, or over 3.2 million square miles.
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RIO DE JANEIRO — As dozens of fires scorched large swaths of the Amazon, the Brazilian government on Thursday struggled to contain growing global outrage over its environmental policies, which have paved the way for runaway deforestation of the world’s largest rain forest . The fires, many intentionally set, are spreading as Germany and Norway appear to be on the brink of shutting down a $1.2 billion conservation initiative for the Amazon. 
The surge in wildfires raging through the Amazon rainforest is posing a threat to the environment beyond Brazil's borders. Environmental experts say the destruction of the rainforest could make it harder to combat climate change on a global scale. That's because the rainforest - a source of 20 percent of the earth's oxygen - has served a vital role in carbon storage, absorbing a substantial amount of the 2.4 billion metric tons captured each year by forests worldwide. An increase in fires and deforestation in that region could markedly accelerate warming climates beyond South America. 
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven nations said Sunday they are preparing to help Brazil battle fires burning across the Amazon region and repair the damage even as tens of thousands of soldiers got ready to join the fight against blazes that have caused global alarm. French President Emmanuel Macron said the summit leaders were nearing an agreement on how to support Brazil and said the agreement would involve both technical and financial mechanisms "so that we can help them in the most effective way possible. 
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