Brazil to extend military troop deployment in Amazon against illegal logging


  • World
  • Tuesday, 27 Oct 2020

BRASILIA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Operation Green Brazil 2, launched in May to combat illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest, will be extended through April 2021, Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Monday.

The operation saw military troops deployed to border regions, indigenous lands, and federally-managed environmental conservation areas, among other parts of the Amazon.

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