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Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru have appointed new ministers in charge of the Amazon. Who are they?

Four countries in the Amazon basin have appointed new environment ministers in the past eight months, at a time when rates of deforestation have increased and threaten the planet’s largest oxygen reserve. Español

By Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
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A view of the Amazon river. Image: Courtesy of Dialogo Chino

Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru have appointed new ministers tasked with making critical decisions on the Amazon, at a time when the world’s largest rain forest faces huge challenges. Rates of deforestation have increased and threaten the planet’s largest oxygen reserve.

Ricardo Salles was the last of the 22 ministers appointed by Jair Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro picked Salles to lead the Environment Ministry after reneging on his proposal to abolish it, which was widely publicized during his election campaign.

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