August 17, 2021

02:08

Victória Sales – from Cenarium

MANAUS (AM) – Aiming to reinforce the fight against deforestation and illegal fires in Amazonas, the Amazonas State Government has joined the program Brazil M.A.I.S – (Integrated and Safe Environment), coordinated by the Ministry of Justice and Security (MJSP). The tool will allow the monitoring of details of a certain area, in high resolution, and will provide daily images that will enable the identification of environmental crimes. The announcement was made this morning, Monday 16th.

According to the President-Director of the Amazon Environmental Protection Institute (Ipaam), Juliano Valente, this tool is one of the most advanced in recent times. “This is a tool that has 130 satellites, three meters of spatial resolution, and 12 bytes of radio metric resolution. Furthermore, it allows us to monitor and follow the details of a certain area where there is an environmental illicit occurrence”, he explained.

Juliano also highlighted that the tool will allow the identification of illegal deforestation, besides showing more precisely the focus of fires, dam breakings, irregular mining, clandestine tracks, and fraud in forest management. “It makes available a series of information, in particular the preparation of the reports, which are being developed in conjunction with the state security forces”, he said.

The director also explained that this tool inaugurates the implementation of a new way to fight environmental crimes, because it brings the element called “intelligence”. “So, adding to the technological tool and infrastructure that are being developed in Ipaam and that will soon be announced based on geoprocessing, are 130 computers being installed with monitoring screens that, integrated with this tool, will allow the state to have, probably, among the states of the Legal Amazon, the largest technological monitoring center here”, he stressed.

Launching

Also, on Monday, 16, the Secretary of State for the Environment (Sema), Eduardo Taveira, announced the launch of the 4th stage of Operation Tamoiotatá, focused on combating deforestation and illegal fires, integrated by the body, the Ipaam, the Department of Public Safety (SSP-AM), the Military Police Environmental Battalion, the Civil Police, the Fire Department and Civil Defense of Amazonas

“We have been following all the information alerts on a daily basis, both regarding deforestation and fires. With this operation we significantly increase the number of people who are on site, in order to have an even faster response in the fight against these illegalities”, he explained.

Eduardo also announced the Amazonas State’s firefighters program, with the payment of scholarships to 200 firefighters in the cities of the south of Amazonas. The action is a partnership between Sema and KFW, a German development bank.

“This training has already been happening in partnership with Sema, Civil Defense and the Fire Department. It is an integrated action with the forces that live here in the state. We are also acquiring equipment so that we can help the municipalities with a quick response. What we want is to integrate our actions here in the state, also with the support to the municipalities in the south of the state. All in all, there will be 12 cities, with a focus on Lábrea, Apuí and Boca do Acre”, he said.

Equipments

During the ceremony, held at the Integrated Command and Control Center (CICC), the governor of Amazonas, Wilson Lima (PSL), delivered more than R$ 615 thousand in equipment that will also contribute to the fight against deforestation and illegal fires.

There are more than 4,6 thousand items delivered by the state representative that will be available to the teams of the Military Police of Amazonas (PMAM), Military Fire Department of Amazonas (CBAM), State Civil Defense, Department of Environment (Sema) and Institute of Environmental Protection of Amazonas (Ipaam).