Following the release by the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) of Deter (Real-Time Deforestation Detection) data, President Jair Bolsonaro said Inpe's research is "negative propaganda abroad" that put Brazil "in a complicated situation." Bolsonaro seems to defend bullying as a public policy. He called Inpe's director a liar, said he's in NGO service.
According to Inpe, deforestation in the Amazon in June 2019 was 88% higher than in the same period in 2018. During this period, deforestation in the Brazilian Legal Amazon reached 920.4 km².
President Bolsonaro's criticism led the scientific community to openly defend Inpe work. The president of the Institute, Ricardo Galvão, said that Bolsonaro took a "pusillanimous and cowardly attitude". For Galvão, the rudeness of the president, who said the Institute was lying, were statements that to him seem more like "talk at the bar".
Preliminary satellite data from Inpe show that more than 1,000 km² of Amazon rainforest was cleared in the first half of this month, equivalent to a 68% increase over July 2018.
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