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Environment Inspectors Forced To Flee Amazonas Town
Operation from environmental agency Ibama closed 11 local lumber yards
Dec.19.2018 4:19PM
CURITIBA
In a reaction against the closing of 11 lumberyards due to environmental irregularities, lumberers held a protest in Manacapuru (99 km from Manaus). As a security measure, the officers from Ibama (Brazil's environmental agency) who shut the yards down, left town.
During the demonstration, some protesters carried posters mentioning president-elect, Jair Bolsonaro (PSL), who has accused Ibama of practicing "radical environmental activism."
"The group used fireworks and threatened to head towards the hotel where environmental agents were staying, but the team had already left," said a spokesperson from Ibama, in a statement.
Employees from different environmental agencies and departments have reported increased hostility against inspectors in the Amazon region since Bolsonaro's election, including burned cars, obstruction of roads used for surveillance and death threats.
More:
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2018/12/environment-inspectors-forced-to-flee-amazonas-town.shtml
