RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Jair Bolsonaro amended the decree that barred burning in the country for 60 days.
Now, it is free to use the practice by farmers outside the region known as the Legal Amazon, which comprises the states of the North (Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, and Tocantins), and part of Maranhão and Mato Grosso.
Bolsonaro's original decree that Subscribe to our Premium Membership Plan. Already Subscribed? Login Here