🌱 Candidates for the 2022 elections face R$84 million in environmental fines
An exclusive survey – carried out by Agência Pública – revealed that 251 candidates for the elections in 2022 have environmental fines that, combined, exceed R$84 million.
ADVERTISING
According to the report, these politicians were the target of 440 fines by Ibama for environmental infractions in the last 30 years.
Check the results and see if one of your candidates is not on this list🕵️
🔥 Fire is controlled in Portugal, rain gives a respite in Spain
“The fire is under control, but it is not extinguished. There is a lot of consolidation work that will continue in the coming days”, said the commander of the Portuguese Civil Protection, Miguel Oliveira, on Wednesday night (17), regarding the fire that hit the Serra da Estrela natural park – in the center from the country.
ADVERTISING
The fire that started on August 6 in the heart of the park is the biggest this summer in Portugal: it has already left around 25 thousand hectares of forest burned.
Portugal is suffering from an exceptional drought and, since the beginning of the year, has had around 92 thousand hectares consumed by fire – the largest area recorded since the deadly fires of 2017, when around 100 people died – this is what the latest balance sheet shows. Institute for Nature and Forest Conservation.
In Spain, the rain weakened two large fires in the Valencia region.
ADVERTISING
On social media, the Valencian regional president, Ximo Puig, celebrated and said that the evacuated residents will be able to gradually return to their homes.
Fires in the region have already destroyed almost 25 thousand hectares and forced the evacuation of around 3 thousand people.
Climate change is a factor in the increase in wildfires around the world. Heat waves – which dry out forests and weaken them in the face of the threat of flames – are 10 times more likely today, much hotter due to human-caused climate change, compared to the pre-industrial era.
ADVERTISING
🍃 Report highlights mistreatment and irregularities in the import of giraffes from BioParque Rio
The news portal ((o))eco had access to the expert report from the Federal Police (PF) that assessed the conditions in which the 15 giraffes imported by BioParque Rio lived, at the Hotel Portobello Resort and Safári, in Mangaratiba (RJ), where the animals are being kept.
According to the expert – who monitored the situation of the animals until mid-May – the practices instituted in the creation of giraffes, as well as the facilities at the site, had been imposing “a series of acts that lead to mistreatment, cruelty and abuse” against the animals.
“The specimens were continually locked in the exchange area, in absolutely unsanitary conditions”, assessed the expert.
ADVERTISING
When contacted, BioParque denied any type of mistreatment of giraffes.
The PF investigation also highlighted irregularities in the import of animals.
Among them, data from 4 microchips – a method used worldwide for identifying and controlling wild animals – whose number differs from the records in the Import License.
Read the full report and stay informed about what could be the biggest case of animal trafficking in Brazil.
Curto Verde is a daily summary of what you need to know about the environment, sustainability and other topics linked to our survival and that of the planet.
(With AFP)
(🚥): may require registration and/or signature
(🇬🇧): content in English
(*): content in other languages is translated by Google Tradutor
