In February 2025, Brazilian environmental enforcement officers launched Operation Maravalia, targeting the areas of the Amazon rainforest most affected by illegal logging. During the two-week raids, nearly a dozen sawmills were shut down and fines totaling 15.5 million reais (about $2.7 million) were issued. Although about 90 percent of the illegally harvested timber in the Brazilian Amazon is sold domestically, some of it reaches the U.S. and European markets.
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