Why did the Brazilian government know that someone was going to burn the Amazon rainforest, but stood by and did nothing?

According to local news outlet Global Rural (and investigative reporter Glenn Greenwald on Twitter), the group told Brazil’s federal government before lighting the fire that it wanted Bolsonaro The government can waive the hefty fines that often accompany environmental crimes. After being informed of the impending fires, the Brazilian government did nothing. Today the Amazon rainforest is burning. If this is true, Bolsonaro's decision to stand by and allow a group of people to burn down the Amazon rainforest is tantamount to ecocide. The report appears to confirm what other leaked documents say: Bolsonaro plans to begin developing the rainforest "overcoming international pressure" to protect it. The plans, leaked to the openDemocracy political website, show that the Brazilian government has engaged in a strategic occupation of the Amazon to prevent conservation projects from gaining a foothold in the rainforest. They gave a slide presentation detailing plans for projects in the area, including a hydroelectric power station, a bridge and a highway in the rainforest. According to openDemocracy, one of the slides read, "These development projects must be implemented in the Amazon Basin to integrate it with the rest of the country's territories in order to overcome international pressure to implement so-called 'triple A' conservation projects

The Triple-A project is a conservation initiative launched by a non-profit organization called Gaia Amazon, which was created in partnership with non-governmental organizations and international governments, according to The Independent. The world's largest protected area, a 13.5 million-hectare tropical rainforest stretching from the Andes to the Amazon River and the Atlantic Ocean. "The protected area will hinder Bolsonaro's plan to develop the Amazon rainforest.