Land sector

Operation Green Brasil 2. As part of the immediate actions proposed by the National Council of the Legal Amazon, this Operation was based on the Decree No. 10.341 of 6 May 2020, which authorises the deployment of the Armed Forces to guarantee law and order with the aim of preventing and combating environmental crimes, as well as fighting fires in the Legal Amazon. Operation is valid from May 6th to November 11th. After one month, the Operation carried out inspections on more than 1.9 vessels, 105 of which were seized. In addition, four thousand vehicles were inspected and 108 detained for irregularities. Almost 14 thousand cubic meters of illegal wood were confiscated and more than R $ 99 million in environmental fines applied during that period.

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