Brazilian police swoop on illegal Amazon loggers - 27 Feb 08

Brazilian police officers have swarmed into a town in the Amazon they say is the headquarters for illegal logging operations.

They've been targeting loggers who sell wood for construction in Brazil, and for export to the United States.

Aljazeera's Gabriel Elizondo visited the town of Tailandia deep in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.

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• amazon
• loggers
• illegal
• brazil
• gabriel
• elizondo
• aljazeera

[DoubleHelixStrand]

It's really cool that Brazil is taking such a major step to stop this.

[ecfeitosa]

I hate the fact other people can't see is not just Brazil's fault. American, Euro and Asian Compamies plays major role in this crap, buyin wood. Is true, I hate it but is true !

[bikines]

"Sooner than ever many it will be kill for its best "free wheel of wrong consumptions!"

[drweelz]

@bikines i just googled vaginal carnage....

[m00se321]

@ecfeitosa Yes!! In Canada, The Chinese have bought the Biggest forestry Companies,,The Chinese need the Lumber,,there's over a Billion Chinese in the World..something needs to change,maybe building Homes ,with other Material or ReCycled Lumber!!

[bikines]

...WE NEED MORE VAGINAL CARNAGE ON THE PLANET, JUST THAT IT WOULD HELP THE GLOBAL Environment........

[ecfeitosa]

Yeah But being brazillian i hve to say Americans Europeans and Asians arre With Brazil destroyin AMAZONIA FORESTS. So is everybodys responsability to fix this mess !

[Bluesfilm1]

Great job Gabe looking forward to more.

David

[PedroRio07]

Hey Gab nice job! It seems you've lost SOME weight since you came in... Someone here said it's too little, too late, but what about a global commercial blockade to wooden goods? It's always a quetion of demand.

[LouisianaGatorGirl]

Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest has been going on for many years at a catastrophic rate. Each year, loggers turn an area the size of Switzerland into desert, destroying the habitat not only of the wildlife, but also of the indigenous people who have lived in the rainforest for centuries, pushing them all on the brink of extinction. This raid by the Brazilian Police is too little, too late.