Only 3 out of 100 environmental fines get paid in Brazil

More than 900 square kilometers were deforested in the Amazon Rainforest by the end of March this year, an area equivalent to 264 Central Parks. It is the largest area of deforestation ever recorded and represents an increase of 64% compared to last year, according to the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe), a federal public body linked to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.

Despite deforestation, the federal agency responsible for monitoring the environment, Ibama, has imposed fewer fines than ever before and has also managed to raise fewer resources even from those that have already been fined in the past. This is what a survey carried out using data from Ibama itself, obtained through the Access to Information Law and the agency's open data portal, shows.