The small town of Apui sits at the new frontline of Brazil's fight against advancing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, where vast forest fires belch jet ... and Renewable Natural Resources, or Ibama, to combat illegal logging in Apui, in the southern region of the state of Amazonas, Brazil, August 4, 2017. read more
Ibama is Brazil's environmental protection service, the group tasked with monitoring, catching and punishing those responsible for the plunder of the Amazon rainforest. Boca do Acre, a cattle-ranching town in the deep south of Amazonas state, is one of the new frontlines of the government's war on illegal deforestation. read more
Brazilian militias calling themselves 'Guardians of the Trees' patrol the Amazon to protect the forest and their livelihood from illegal loggers that the government isn't reaching. Brazilian militias calling themselves 'Guardians of the Trees' patrol the Amazon to protect the forest and their livelihood from illegal loggers that the government isn't reaching. read more