http://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2019/aug/30/brazils-burning-ban-takes-effect-as-amazon-fires-rage-2026243.html
The decree issued by Bolsonaro comes after escalating international pressure over the worst fires in the Amazon that have ignited a potentia
“A 60-day ban on burning in Brazil takes effect Thursday after a global outcry over fires raging in the Amazon and data showing hundreds of new blazes in the rainforest.
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Even as Bolsonaro's decree was published Thursday, there were already doubts over how Brazil would enforce the two-month ban on burning in the remote region where deforestation has surged this year.
"It will not be useful," a skeptical fruit shop owner in Porto Velho, the capital of the northwestern state of Rondonia, told AFP.
"There's insufficient supervision." Experts say increased land clearing during the months-long dry season to make way for crops or grazing has aggravated the recurring problem of fires.”
