Concern as Brazil's Coup Government Moves to Scrap Environmental Regulations
Concern as Brazil's Coup Government Moves to Scrap Environmental Regulations
Published 21 December 2016
If approved, the changes are expected to have devastating consequences for Brazil's Indigenous people and efforts to mitigate climate change.
The Brazilian government is attempting to scrap two important environmental regulations which environmental and Indigenous activists say will have a disastrous effect on efforts to fight climate change and put Indigenous communities in danger.
The first proposal, backed by a number of figures in Michel Temer’s coup-imposed government, sees that environmental licenses on Indigenous reserves that are now issued by the federal government will be handed over to states and even private companies.
Heavy polluting industries such as farming and forestry would then be exempt from current licensing laws. States would be authorized to choose the terms of the licensing agreements for companies operating under their jurisdiction.
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