By controlling the steering committee and excluding civil society, funds can be channeled to the private sector and away from the NGOs by a government that has frequently attacked those who work to protect the environment. Carlos Rittl More Quotes by Carlos Rittl More Quotes From Carlos Rittl The coming years could be even worse. Carlos Rittl environment The strong indication of the increase in the deforestation rate during the government of Brazils Jair Bolsonaro shouldn't surprise anyone, it's, after all, the accomplishing of a campaign promise : Brazils Jair Bolsonaro was the first president in all of Brazil's history to be elected with an openly anti-environmental and anti-indigenous speech. Carlos Rittl top-news The explosion of the number of [ deforestation ] alerts in the past couple of months should lead to an intensification of inspection operations, but that hasn't happened. Carlos Rittl top-news It is very clear that the federal government is struggling for its political survival. As a consequence, the climate change agenda is frozen. Carlos Rittl world