Deforestation in the Amazon on the increase, but Brazil’s president calls the data ‘a lie’

According to satellite monitoring data deforestation is on the increase again in the Amazon.

Brazil’s far-right president, Bolsanaro, who many blame for the increase of deforestation, has called the data ‘a lie’ during a breakfast talk with journalists on the 19th of July. 

His comments have caused a fierce backlash from the scientific community which feels under siege from the Bolsanaro administration.