A famer operating in the Amazon rainforest has been fined 6.15 million dollars (£4 million) for illegally clearing large parts of the tropical forest, it has been reported.
Amazon farmer hit with fine over illegal deforestation
According to a G1 report cited on Times Live, the unnamed farmer in the Brazilian region of Mato Grosso was fined after they were found to have cleared more than 2,230 hectares of land. The news source noted that the area of the Amazon is well known for clearing by fire.
The area the farmer is said to have illegally cleared is near to the Xingu National Park nature reserve, some 500 kilometres from the Mato Gross capital Cuiaba.
As well as this, another five farmers were given heavy fines over illegal tree felling, the source reported.
Illegal clearing is one of the biggest threats facing the world's tropical forests and despite strict guidelines restricting it in many rainforest nations, illegal deforestation continues.
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