Guardian: The Amazonian rain forest burns as a result of fires started by farmers in Rondonia state, Brazil Photo: Stephen Ferry/Getty Brazil’s new environment minister, Carlos Minc, announced this week that he will be pressing for criminal charges against 100 of the worst individuals or companies responsible for most of the deforestation since 2005. New figures just released show that the rate of deforestation has increased by 133% since last month in the nine states of the Amazon region, …