(Bloomberg) -- French President Emmanuel Macron is calling on G7 countries to discuss what he described as an emergency in the Amazon rainforest.
In a tweet, Macron said the issue should top the list of topics on the agenda of a summit scheduled to start this weekend.Brazil's policy toward the Amazon has been under scrutiny over the past few days as data from the country's National Institute of Space Research show an 84% year-on-year increase in forest fires in 2019.
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