Brazil’s environment minister investigated for alleged illegal timber sales

Mongabay
May 19, 2021, 7:46 pm205 pts
Brazil’s environment minister, Ricardo Salles, has been named in a probe for alleged illegal exports of Amazon timber, following a Federal Supreme Court ruling allowing federal police raids in various ministry offices in the early hours of May 19. The Supreme Court ruling refers to suspicious operations…

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