Brazil fires official after comments on illegal Amazon mining fight
A tree burns in a deforested area in Para state, Sept 10, 2019/ RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A regional head of Brazil's environmental authority was fired on Wednesday, a week after being named, after he made public comments saying he would no longer burn machinery, some of it seized from illegal miners, in an area heavily affected by forest fires. Evandro Cunha dos Santos was tapped to run environmental enforcement in the northern state of Pará. His role included sanctioning loggers, miners and farmers who felled trees or set fires to clear ...
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