The effects on the climate, such as drought in the region, can already be seen. The mills,
breaching environmental legislation, practice sugar cane burning. An article in the magazine
Dourados Agora comments: “The large scale pollution is already visible in several areas of
the municipality and the low relative humidity of the air is already beginning to get security
organisations worried about the risk of respiratory diseases. The Institute for the Environment
(IMAM) is starting to look into the reports”