An area of 4,580 square kilometers has already been consumed by fire in Roraima, according to a report from Ibama (Brazilian Environmental Institute). It’s as if almost 460,000 football fields were destroyed by flames this season. Little by little, the figure is approaching that recorded in the severe drought of 1998, when 11 thousand kilometers of the State’s territory were destroyed.
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According to the agency’s survey, based on information from Inpe (National Institute for Space Research), there were already 2,670 hot spots between January 1st and March 4th in the State. Sixty percent of these records are in private areas, 23% in indigenous lands, 13% in settlement areas and 4% in other areas such as settlements and public lands.
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The document was obtained by federal deputy Gabriel Mota (Republicans) and shared exclusively with the Sheet. Last week, the parliamentarian met with the president of Ibama, Rodrigo Agostinho, in Brasília, to demand explanations about federal aid to the State.
The report also cites the federal government’s effort to contain the crisis, through the employment of 341 civil servants. between 225 brigade members and 118 employees. The Integrated Multiagency Center for National Operational Coordination (Ciman) has been in existence since January, made up of state and federal bodies, such as Ibama, Inpe, ICMBio (Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation) and the Federal (PF) and Federal Highway (PRF) police. .
According to the survey, the federal operation has four helicopters, 41 vehicles, five multi-tasking utility vehicles, a forestry tank self-pump, a fire truck, a mobile command post, camping infrastructure and individual equipment.
The document also cites federal prevention actions, such as the construction of 25 kilometers of firebreaks in the Yanomami Indigenous Land, the 271 prescribed burns and 92 controlled burns in indigenous territories and the inspection of 36 farms.
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