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https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/first-brazil-logging-raids-under-lula-aim-curb-amazon-deforestation-2023-01-19/>
"URUARA, Brazil, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Brazilian environmental agents cut through
the rainforest with machetes on Thursday in search of criminals in the first
anti-deforestation raids under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has
pledged to end surging destruction inherited from his predecessor, Jair
Bolsonaro.
Reuters exclusively accompanied raids led by environmental agency Ibama in the
rainforest state of Para to stop loggers and ranchers illegally clearing the
forest.
The agency also launched raids this week in the states of Roraima and Acre,
Ibama environmental enforcement coordinator Tatiane Leite said.
About 10 Ibama agents set out in pickup trucks on Thursday from their base in
the municipality of Uruara, Pará, along with a dozen federal police, heading
toward a cluster of points where satellite images showed loggers and ranchers
recently at work clearing the forest illegally."
Via
Future Crunch:
https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-human-rights-spain/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
