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Minister says Amazon monitoring shows further reduction in deforestation

08/01/2012

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The expectation around a further reduction of deforestation in the Amazon was confirmed on Tuesday (31) by the Environment Minister, Izabella Teixeira. Two days before the official release of the monthly monitoring of the planet's largest rainforest, the minister said that although the overall balance of deforestation recorded between 2011 and 2012 is favorable, the data also indicate the need for improvement of control .

"We have improved the performance in relation to the issue of deforestation puxadinho [logging concentrated in areas less than 25 hectares], the properties that are licensed and are illegally cutting and opportunities of the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR), but also the limitations this registry, "said Izabella Teixeira.

The register, which will serve as a tool to monitor the status of permanent preservation areas (APP) of farms in the country, is still being tested in the states of Mato Grosso and Pará

On Monday (30), the government celebrated the withdrawal of Para municipality Ulianópolis, located in Grass River region, the embargo list of the Ministry of Environment. To fail to compose the list of the largest loggers of the country, the municipality must register less than 47 square kilometers of deforestation during the year and have 80% of CAR carried out in the municipality.

"You still have significant deforestation in Pará, but it is important to change with the advancement of public policies. The Rural Environmental Registry will be essential to secure tenure and environment ", said the minister.

Even with the record of reducing deforestation, the situation of the Amazon is a matter of ongoing concern of the government, which keeps the attention focused on the dynamics of occupation of the area and for the regulation of economic activities in protected areas and indigenous lands in the region .

"The challenge is not only deforestation, but the increasing advance of mining in the Amazon, particularly in indigenous lands, which is something we thought was minimized," said Izabella Teixeira.

Because data are not yet official, the minister merely stating that the numbers "are impressive" and that the ministry is monitoring the events. "We are checking what is happening and supervision is already present, especially in indigenous lands," she said.

Last week, in the Kayapó Indigenous Area, in Tucuman, in Pará, tax the National Indian Foundation (Funai) seized a ferry carrying hydraulic excavator, tractor trailer, seven engines coupled with suction pumps, 15,000 liters of diesel, aluminum boat with outboard, foodstuffs and other materials used in the illegal mining of gold. According to the agency, a group of prospectors invading indigenous lands intended to develop the underground activity near the village Gorotire.

Funai was sought by the Agency Brazil to provide more information about complaints and monitoring of illegal mining activities in the region, but remained silent until the time of publication of this matter. The agency's servers are on strike.
(Source: Carolina Gill / Agency Brazil)



Source: Environment Brazil

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