Social media erupts as fire rages in Amazon rainforest

The world is losing Amazon rainforest at a record rate as it has seen a record number of fires this year.

World is losing Amazon rainforest at a record rate

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro vowed Saturday to combat "illegal deforestation," a day after the head of the agency that measures deforestation said he was being sacked after a row over the scale of the problem in the Amazon rainforest.

President Jair Bolsonaro vows to fight 'illegal deforestation' in Brazil

Under Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro rule, Amazon deforestation rising towards unrecoverable 'tipping point'

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said Friday there was no hunger in the country, citing the lack of rail-thin poor people in the streets as proof. Speaking to foreign journalists, Bolsonaro blamed "populists" for propagating "a big lie" that some of Brazil's 209 million people did not have enough to eat.

Bolsonaro says claims of hunger in Brazil 'a big lie'

Deforestation in Brazil's portion of the Amazon rainforest soared more than 88% in June compared with the same month a year ago, the second consecutive month of rising forest destruction under new right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro.

Tropical rainforest destruction accelerating under Brazilian government