Brazil to hire short-term environmental enforcers following Amazon fires

By Jake Spring and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil doesn't have the funding to hire more permanent environmental enforcement agents in the wake of surging Amazon fires but will contract local environmental police on a short-term basis, Environment Minister Ricardo Salles told Reuters on Friday. The scheme will involve contracting state environmental police on their days off to assist federal government enforcement efforts, Salles said in an interview

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