Don't think Brazil has not had eco protection laws in place for...

Don't think Brazil has not had eco protection laws in place for decades. Brazil's Atlantic forest was bigger than the Amazon, and is mostly gone. It is hard for Europeans to be critical having cut down most of their forests centuries ago. Adequate CO2 is required for the Amazon forest.
I know people in Brazil planting imported tree species so their children will be able to harvest them. It is illegal to cut the local species where he is, Espiritos Santos.