ICMBio directors resign from their positions following the departure of the president.

In the official letter sent to the minister, three of the four directors who are directly subordinate to the presidency of ICMBio requested to be relieved of their positions: Régis Pinto Maia, acting president and director of Research, Evaluation and Monitoring of Biodiversity (Dibio); Luiz Felipe de Luca, director of Creation and Management of Conservation Units (Diman); and Gabriel Henrique Lui, director of Socio-environmental Actions and Territorial Consolidation in Conservation Units (DISAT).

The blog contacted the Ministry of the Environment and ICMBio, but their press offices did not confirm the resignations.

The official letter containing the resignation requests of the four directors of the institute circulated this Wednesday morning in a messaging group of the National Association of Career Environmental Servants (Ascema Nacional).

The association released a letter repudiating statements by Ricardo Salles, whom it called "deceitful, fallacious, and rude." The organization cited the episode in which the Minister of the Environment threatened civil servants and criticized his attitude.

The director of Ascema Nacional, Rogério Eliseu Egewarth, confirmed to the blog that the resignation request is recorded in the ICMBio electronic system.

The officials begin the document by citing the dismissal of Adalberto Eberhard and discuss the need for ICMBio's guidelines to be supported by a team trusted by Ricardo Salles.

"In light of Mr. Adalberto Eberhard's dismissal from the position of president of ICMBio on April 15th, and recognizing the need for his guidance to the institute to be supported and conducted by a team he holds in the highest esteem and trust, we hereby request his resignation from our positions," the employees wrote in a section of the official letter.

In the conclusion of the document, the three resigning employees express their gratitude for "the opportunity to contribute to the management of ICMBio".