The Brazilian government has said it will reject an offer of aid from G7 countries to help tackle fires in the Amazon rainforest, APA reports citing BBC News.
French President Emmanuel Macron - who hosted a G7 summit that ended on Monday - said $22m (£18m) would be released.
Brazilian officials gave no reason for turning down the money. But President Jair Bolsonaro has accused France of treating Brazil like a colony.
His defence minister said the fires in the Amazon were not out of control.
The minister, Fernando Azevedo e Silva, said 44,000 soldiers had been deployed to combat the fires and environmental crimes in the Amazon.
Commenting on the G7 offer of aid, Mr Bolsonaro's chief of staff, Onyx Lorenzoni, told the Globo news website: "Thanks, but maybe those resources are more relevant to reforest Europe."
"Macron cannot even avoid a predictable fire in a church that is part of the world's heritage, and he wants to give us lessons for our country?" Mr Lorenzoni added, in a reference to the fire that hit Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris in April.
He also said Brazil could teach "any nation" how to protect native forests.
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