The Brazilian environment agency did away with authorisations with thousands of unchecked shipments from Pará, a hotbed of deforestation
People from the Mura tribe show a deforested area in lands inside the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil, August 20 2019. Picture: REUTERS/UESLEI MARCELINO
Ibama responded to questions from Reuters with a detailed technical description of the current process for exporting wood, not mentioning the previous need for a separate authorisation from the agency. It referred to export clearances given by the federal revenue service, saying they are only granted after cross-referencing with the country’s system for overseeing wood to verify that it is of legitimate origin.
Bolsonaro has said he is unfairly demonised and that so much of the Amazon still standing shows that Brazil is a model for conservation.The rule change scrapping Ibama’s authorisations for most timber exports came after five cargoes of wood arrived in US and European ports earlier this year without Ibama authorisation, the two sources said.
While wood produced in violation of these rules is illegal, NGO Greenpeace says that, in practice, it can be difficult to distinguish between legal and illegal wood due to ... fraud and poor oversight
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