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On February 8, Brazilian environment agency Ibama launched a massive operation to retake the Yanomami reservation from criminals which included seizing guns, boats and fuel, and destroying mining equipment, a helicopter and a jet.
In 2019 a dispute between IBAMA and Bolsonaro over a government contract for rental vehicles led to the resignation of Suely de Araujo, the President of IBAMA at the time. Bolsonaro claimed the agency had irregularities in its budget. This was disputed by IBAMA officials. [10] IBAMA also saw its funds slashed by 30% from 2019-2020 under Bolsonaro.
In 2001 IBAMA realized that 5% of the forest, or 142,000 hectares (350,000 acres), had been left out of the indigenous territory, and decided to repossess the unit. However, in the mid-1990s two settlements, Samaúma and Vila Nova, had taken 50,000 hectares (120,000 acres), leaving 92,000 hectares (230,000 acres) unclaimed.
Brazil’s major and medium size metropolitan areas face increasing problems of water pollution. Coastal cities such as Rio de Janeiro and Recife suffer effects of upstream residential and industrial sewage contaminating feeder rivers, lakes, and the ocean. In 2000, only 35% of collected wastewater received any treatment. [21]
President-elect Donald Trump has charged Tesla CEO Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy with cutting government spending and "making changes to the Federal Bureaucracy with ...
On 1 June 2011, IBAMA granted the full license to construct the dam after studies were carried out and the consortium agreed to pay $1.9 billion in costs to address social and environmental problems. [30] The only remaining license is one to operate the dam's power plant. [31]
That’s when it all clicked: Years of untreated inflammation had been at the root of both her digestive problems and her dental problems. It may not be immediately obvious, but your mouth is a ...
If you have more than one dog, you know how different their personalities can be. One might be laid back and chill, one might be in charge of all of the others, and one might be the class clown ...