Brazil has faced international outrage over fires in the Amazon. Rather than shrinking from the scrutiny, President
Bolsonaro annulled a 10-year-old regulation that had banned the expansion of sugar-cane planted in the Amazon as well as a wetland savanna called Pantanal and indigenous and reforested areas, according to a resolution published Wednesday in the country’s official gazette.
The move comes after backlash over the Amazon fires started flaring in August. Bolsonaro has dismissed the fires after pledges of ...