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Brazil has rampant illegal logging, [3] with deforestation increasing in 2013. [4] The mafia intimidate opponents, however they also have a veneer of legitimacy. [5] [6] According to a study by the Imazon, close to 70 percent of logging in Pará was without State authorization.
Logging in the Amazon, in theory, is controlled and only strictly licensed individuals are allowed to harvest the trees in selected areas. In practice, illegal logging is widespread in Brazil. [52] [53] Up to 60 to 80 percent of all logging in Brazil is estimated to be illegal, with 70% of the timber cut wasted in the mills. [54]
The operation's goal is to curb illegal logging in protected areas and Indigenous lands with some of the country's highest deforestation rates, said Jair Schmitt, head of environmental protection ...
The "Map of Conflicts Related to Environmental Injustice and Health in Brazil" is an online map of conflicts relating to environmental injustice and health in Brazil. The map is maintained by the National School of Public Health of Brazil, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation , and Núcleo Ecologías, Epistemiologias e Promoção Emancipatória da Saude ...
Extensive legal and Illegal logging destroys forests the size of a small country per year, and with it a diverse series of species through habitat destruction and habitat fragmentation. [1] In Brazil forest cover is around 59% of the total land area, equivalent to 496,619,600 hectares (ha) of forest in 2020, down from 588,898,000 hectares (ha ...
“Forest management is the best way to halt environmental crime, from land-grabbing to illegal logging,” Frank Almeida, president of the National Forum, told the AP. “But there is no use in creating a project that won´t become a reality,” he said, referencing recent government actions related to exports that have generated business ...
Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase, or sale of timber in violation of laws.The harvesting procedure itself may be illegal, including using corrupt means to gain access to forests; extraction without permission, or from a protected area; the cutting down of protected species; or the extraction of timber in excess of agreed limits.
IBAMA is central to these plans as it often acts as an enforcement agency against illegal deforestation in Brazil. IBAMA often surveys and protects land in the Amazon from illegal mining and logging. [7] Brazil underwent a 50% reduction in deforestation in 2023 signaling progress towards these plans.