The Task Force of the Attorney General’s Office (AGU) in Defense of the Amazon will remain in the region for another year, starting tomorrow (24). The AGU ordinance, determining the extension, was published today (23) in Official Diary of the Union.
The task force was established in September 2019 to act on lawsuits aimed at defending priority public environmental policies of the Union, the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) and the Chico Mendes Institute for Conservation. of Biodiversity (ICMBio) in the states that make up the Legal Amazon.
In actions carried out last year, the task force filed lawsuits against environmental violators totaling more than R$3 billion.
From one of these offenders, AGU managed to block approximately R$ 5.2 million for the deforestation of 228.3 hectares of forest in the municipality of Lábrea, in Amazonas. In addition, the Court also determined the suspension of tax incentives and benefits and access to credit lines.
