Climate activists Extinction Rebellion protested in central London on Saturday 10 October, against fast-food chains and Brazilian government inaction to protect the Amazon rainforest.

Protesters marched from the Brazilian Embassy to Leicester Square, where they give speeches outside a branch of Burger King.

Extinction Rebellion London tweeted: "Large-scale agribusiness is burning & clearing huge swathes of native forest to make plantations. These high street companies are responsible for this destruction
@Tesco @sainsburys @McDonalds @BurgerKing @SUBWAY. We call for a worldwide boycott."

Extinction Rebellion activists staged a demonstration in central London to protest fast food chains and Brazilian government for their alleged role in the destruction of Amazon forrest. Protester marched from Brazilian embassy to Leicester Square where outside of a fast food chain speeches were delivered. Activists claim that every twenty seconds, an area of forest the size of a football field is lost forever. According to Extinction Rebellion the indigenous people and Guardians of the forest are resisting, risking their lives, often to satisfy demand to some of the UK’s most popular fast food chains, supermarkets and banks.