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And please, don't believe everything Google feeds you...
The country could be forced to comply or sanctioned - and that's URGENT.
It won't simply 'grow up' because the President himself was caught on tape saying things like "US and Europe destroyed their forests and became superpowers, now that it's our time (sic), they mingle in our sovereignty on deciding what to do with our own land!". He is vested on destroying it, on allowing deforestation, on putting incompetent people in key positions.
When Brazil stops then, and there are no more trees to take down in its side, then it will stop being a Brazilian problem?
Maybe we should act to salvage what remains instead of discussing who's fault it is. Well, as we are discussing, another 100 trees were down.
However, the president is appointing farmers and non-technical people all over those entities trying to protect the forest, and they are slowly giving rights, permits, etc. to deforestation.
And sadly, despite this being tracked and advertised by TV or other news entities, very little is done to deter these criminals all over the current administration.
MAYBE international lobbying could work with Brazil, as Germany threaten to reduce the money it gives to protect the forest in 2019 (I don't remember exactly when).
And let's not forget that the Amazon forest does not end in Brazilian borders - it goes on in many countries over there. People just assume it's a Brazilian problem (I know a large portion is located in Brazil's side), but it's more a 10-country problem, not to say, a humanity problem...
if (a = b) c=1;
oh boy... :)
C (and many others) has simplified employing brackets.
After being told (of his exile), “Your case is being tried in the Senate,” Agrippinus responded:
“Good luck betide! But it is the fifth hour now” (he was in the habit of taking his exercise and then a cold bath at that hour); “let us be off and take our exercise.”
After he had finished his exercise someone came and told him, “You have been condemned.”
“To exile,” says he, “or to death?”
To exile.
“What about my property?”
It has not been confiscated.
“Well then, let us go to Aricia and take our lunch there.”
I'm sorry the story ended badly :) and yes - I've lowered the bar, sadly.
I got accepted in a Chinese-oriented journal (i.e. most of the Editorial Board were Chinese) - I am not just 'saying' this, I'm saying because the OP mentioned "it's a Chinese thing" over results and datasets, whatever, I digress.
On the last revision round, the Editor told me that I was lacking some references, which he promptly send me. Turned out that 6 out 6 of his 'recommendations' were papers HE WAS ONE OF THE AUTHORS.
Since the paper was not OFFICIALLY accepted, I caved in and cited the guy (3 times), to my UTTER DISMAY.
If you don't play the game, other Chinese are playing the game and having the results.
I don't mean to insult Chinese people, but this is what is happening...
Maxwell was already a GIANT in Einstein times.
We tried other options, as well as a very similar flag as to the US, check it out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Brazil
That's not feasible or scalable. As it is a balance, they will give you this but will take out somewhere else (less yearly increase and so on).
It's almost a disservice...
I'm thinking about sensitive data floating around and state agents targetting my organisation to discover flaws in design, or adding backdoors, these kind of things
So many advice.
I like the one: write from start to finish then let it rest for 6 weeks and edit out 10% of everything you wrote.
Classic book. Read it twice already.