Lack of resources threatens to leave ICMBio without 3,000 temps during fire season

An internal document from the Chico Mendes Biodiversity Institute (ICMBio), responsible for the management of parks and conservation units, indicates that the agency is without resources to maintain the 3,0000 temporary employees who work directly in support operations to the agency. The General Coordination of Finance and Revenue sent the alert, to which the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo had access, to the institute’s board of directors.

The ICMBio has only 1,300 fixed employees and depends on temporary contracts to protect Brazil’s Conservation Units, especially during the fire season, which starts in May and lasts until November.

Questioned by the report, the agency said that “there are no budget cuts planned” and that it will keep “the same number of temporary agents hired in the federal conservation units”.