- The Bolsonaro administration has launched policies that undermine IBAMA, Brazil’s environmental agency, and ICMBio (The Chico Mendes Institute) which protects the nation’s federal conservation units, by effectively dismantling environmental law enforcement and allowing deforestation to proceed unchecked.
- Fines imposed for illegal deforestation between Jan. 1 and May 15 this year were down 34 percent from the same period in 2018, the largest percentage drop ever recorded. It was also smallest number of fines ever imposed (850), compared to 1,290 in the same period last year.
- Government seizures of illegally harvested timber fell even more precipitously, with just 40 cubic meters (1,410 cubic feet), equal to 10 large trees, confiscated in the first four…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Dear god I cant take all this
We will be extinct soon
From: Exposing the Big Game Reply-To: Exposing the Big Game Date: Monday, June 17, 2019 at 5:20 PM To: louise kane Subject: [New post] Brazil guts environmental agencies, clears way for unchecked deforestation
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