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Brazil chops federal environmental budget a day after climate summit pledge

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has approved a 24% cut to the environment budget for 2021 from last year's level, just one day after he vowed to increase spending to fight deforestation.

Speaking on Thursday, April 22, to a virtual climate summit organized by US President Joe Biden, Bolsonaro pledged to double the budget for environmental enforcement and end illegal deforestation in Brazil by 2030.

The US government applauded those targets, part of a shift in tone by the far-right leader. However, many environmentalists said they would not take the rhetoric seriously before seeing . . .

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