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19/11/2012
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Brasilia - Brazilian Tax Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) seized 915 logs of hardwoods, as maçaranduba, ipe and jatoba for action mounted to thwart a scheme of illegal logging in western Pará A few miles of Santarém, environmental agents, who arrived by helicopter in a secluded area of the forest, the loggers caught him at work during the day and managed to seize a truck and two tractors.
At the site, which sits on the banks of the River Curuatinga, inspectors still found a ferry with 70 wood logs that would be taken to supply companies in the state capital.
According to environmental agents, such Curuatinga River region is increasingly targeted by illegal actions of extractors of timber coming from Santarém and municipalities as Prainha, and Uruará Medicilândia. As a region is extensive and difficult to access, criminals can easily drain the wood along the Amazon River to Bethlehem, where it is exported to Europe and the United States.
According to information from tax IBAMA, many timber companies that are based in Gauteng finance environmental crime. Chief Surveillance IBAMA in Belém, James Jara, explained that after the timber is removed from the forest, the offenders "hot" product with fraudulent documents, even before she was delivered in the courtyards of these companies.
In place of illegal logging, the IBAMA agents also found storage areas scattered in the woods along the river. Representatives of the organ in the city, ensured that margins will be monitored by helicopter to the removal of logs seized, which will be used in social work.
Source: IBAMA
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