Agência Brasil
Brasília – From now on, the 5.2 million square kilometers that form the Amazon region as it is administratively defined ("Amazônia Legal") will be monitored in real time by the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama).
Yesterday (13) marked the inauguration of the Environmental Monitoring Center (Cemam), which will gather information on processes of deforestation, land clearing burns, forest fires, and the socio-economic use of the soil, for the purpose of preventing environmental damage and stimulating sustainable development.
The new center is part of the System of Protection of the Amazon (Sipam), which possesses a broad technological base, including satellite sensoring, meteorological stations, radar equipment, and surveillance planes. The project envisions the future expansion of monitoring to other regions of the country.