From: Cool Earth
Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen has criticised her own government for its law surrounding the country's endangered rainforest and measures to stop deforestation.
Supermodel lends support to saving the rainforest
After being appointed as a UN goodwill ambassador for environmental awareness, Bundchen said that the president of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva should create better laws to stop deforestation in the endangered Amazon rainforest.Speaking during her acceptance speech of her new role, which is for the UN Environment Program, Bundchen said: "Climate change is something we can't deny. It affects all of us. At the end of the day, it's our planet - we all have to feel accountable."
U.N under-secretary general Achim Steiner called the supermodel a "committed and passionate environmentalist".
During her talk, Gisele talked about her own childhood in Horizontina in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
She said that she grew up surrounded by nature and that people "must act now" to ensure that children in the future have the same chance.