Brazil doesn't have the funding to hire more permanent environmental enforc...
Brazil's Environment Minister Ricardo Salles gestures during an interview with Reuters in Brasilia, Brazil September 6, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
The scheme will involve contracting state environmental police on their days off to assist federal government enforcement efforts, Salles said in an interview. He said the ministry aims to have a deal in place with states to allow for such a scheme to begin before next year’s peak deforestation and fire season, which generally starts in May or June.
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