Greenpeace activists staged a demonstration outside the French president’s Elysee Palace on Thursday to protest against what they said was the ongoing damage to the Amazon rain forest.
Greenpeace France posted images on their Twitter account of a large banner unfurled on the road outside the Elysee, with messages such as “Amazon Rain Forest On Fire. Macron Still Complicit”, referring to how they felt French President Emmanuel Macron could do more to tackle the issue.
A year after @EmmanuelMacron's strident declarations on deforestation, the #Amazon is still burning.
— Greenpeace France (@greenpeacefr) September 10, 2020
The French President has not taken any measures to combat unsustainable imports known to be key drivers of #deforestation.https://t.co/LTAxHkrirn
Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest worsened in the first week of September.
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