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The Military Operation Green Brazil in the Amazon Is Ending. The Order Now Is Results-Based Environmentalism 0 views Shares A military operation against environmental violations in the Brazilian Amazon is coming to a close this month after nearly two years, but the show of force, backed by US$ 71 million in funding, has had no meaningful results and leaves the region vulnerable to the pressures of economic development, experts say. Operation Green Brazil was launched in August 2019 in response to the widespread fires in the Amazon that year. It was extended in May 2020, and again at the start of February, with President Jair Bolsonaro subordinating federal environmental agencies to the military’s authority throughout the campaign.
As Brazil’s military pulls out of the Amazon, its legacy is in question On April 30, the Brazilian government will officially end Operation Green Brazil, a military-led campaign that started in August 2019 to combat the peak of illegal fires in the Amazon. In that time, the military has gained increasing power in environmental policies implemented in the Amazon, even undercutting federal environmental agencies in their enforcement work and filling key positions in the agencies. Experts have criticized the operation’s high costs — five times higher than the budget for the environmental protection agency — which has gone mainly into enforcement in already demarcated or registered areas while ignoring disputed lands, which are more susceptible to illegal exploitation.
Scientists research whether dark chocolate may help combat kidney disease Scientists in Brazil believe dark chocolate could have benefits for our kidneys 10 December, 2020 01:00 COULD a few squares of dark chocolate a day help tackle chronic kidney disease? That's the thinking behind a two-month trial with 50 patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), a condition that reduces kidney function and leads to tiredness and swollen ankles. The patients are being given 40g of dark chocolate daily. Dark chocolate contains compounds called polyphenols, naturally occurring antioxidants which have anti-inflammatory effects. Scientists at the Federal University of Fluminense in Brazil believe it will reduce the levels of inflammation causing the CKD.