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07/04/2012
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Manaus - A team of the IBAMA carried out an inspection operation on the highway Transamazon (BR-230) in the district of Santo Antônio do Matupi, known as 180 km in the city of Manicoré / AM, in order to disable an illegal mining in the region . This mining had been embargoed last year and returned to work clandestinely. The place was again inspected and illegal acts were interrupted by IBAMA agents.
So far twenty people have been fined for illegal deforestation, mining, lack of environmental license and lack of technical federal register. People were caught in the act by the Environmental Military Police Battalion (PMBA), which participates in the operation. The tools and machinery used on the farm have been dismantled and removed from the site, as a whole were seized about 30 stationary engines, one truck, a tractor and a loader.
This illegal extraction of gold leads to the degradation of soil, silting of water pollution by heavy metals and forest clearing, as well as tax evasion and related charges.
In order to combat the various torts and crimes related to environmental Operation Sovereignty is ongoing in the southern state in an effort to combat environmental destruction.
Source: IBAMA
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