Brazil authorises its security force to support efforts to fight deforestation in the Amazon
Illegally cut trees lie on the ground near forest area on Novo Progresso indigenous lands in Para state in Brazil's Amazon basin. June 4, 2014.
Justice Minister Sergio Moro approved the security force, composed of police with special military-style training, to support operations carried out by environmental agency Ibama in Para state through the end of the year, according to the official government gazette. Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon doubled in January compared with the same month a year ago, data from space research agency INPE showed on Friday.
Ibama is severely understaffed and underfunded, with agents saying this means they cannot contain deforestation in such a vast area as the Amazon.The Amazon absorbs vast amounts of carbon dioxide and scientists say its protection is vital to curbing climate change.
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