Iwokrama team shot at after finding preparations for illegal mining – -says miners taking advantage of COVID-19 restrictions

Saying that a monitoring team recently came under gunfire from miners, the Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development yesterday announced a reward for information that leads to the arrest and successful prosecution of persons engaged in illegal activities in the protected forest, while warning that perpetrators will face the full force of the law.

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