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H&M halts purchase of leather from Brazil due to Amazon wildfires

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - H&M, the world's second-biggest fashion retailer, said on Thursday it had stopped purchasing leather from Brazil for the time being due to environmental concerns highlighted by Amazon wildfires.

Number of fire outbreaks in Brazil's Amazon basin keep surging despite ban

In the first 48 hours since the ban was issued, satellite data from INPE showed 3,859 new outbreaks of fire, of which some 2,000 were concentrated in the Amazon region.

Bolsonaro says Macron must withdraw insults before Brazil accepts G7 aid

The Amazon forests have been hit with this decade's worst blaze. Brazil's handling of the fires has led to ill-feeling between the two Presidents

Brazil govt open to foreign aid for fighting Amazon fires: Spokesman

The essential point is that this money, on entering Brazil, will be under the control of the Brazilian people

Disarray in France

The G-7 summit reveals the deep divisions in the global order

'Use funds to reforest Europe': Brazil rejects G7 aid to fight Amazon fires

A top official told French President Emmanuel Macron to take care of 'his home and his colonies.'

Don't hold your breath: Amazon fires aren't depleting Earth's oxygen supply

There's enough oxygen in the air to last for millions of years, and the amount is set by geology rather than land use

Amazon is still on fire: 4 essential reads on Brazil's vanishing rainforest

Environmental researchers explain how farming, big infrastructure projects and roads drive the deforestation that's slowly killing the Amazon

G7 members agree to release $22 million to fight Amazon rainforest fire

French President Emmanuel Macron said G7 nations would release $22 mn

Brazil prez causes outrage over Amazon fires; Europe threatens to end trade

Pope Francis added his voice to the chorus of concern, warning that the lung of forest is vital for our planet

Colonialist mentality: Brazil hits out at Macron over Amazon fire criticism

Macron had tweeted that fires burning in the Amazon amount to an international crisis

Amazon fire: EU warns of trade retaliation, Brazil scrambles to make amends

Forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon, which accounts for more than half of the world's largest rainforest, have surged in number by 83% this year

How trade war between US and China could be fueling Amazon fires

The danger of the current situation is that China's hunger for soy may derail the halting recent progress in ending deforestation