Guajajara revokes Bolsonaro government act that allowed logging on indigenous lands.
"Our commitment is to the protection of indigenous lands. We will not allow any more setbacks," assured the Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Sonia Guajajara.
247 - The Minister for Indigenous Peoples, Sonia Guajajara (Psol), used social media this Monday (16) to inform that she revoked an act by the Bolsonaro government that allowed the extraction of wood on indigenous lands. The measure was valid even for non-indigenous people.
Published in December of last year, at the very end of the previous government, IN 12/22 from Funai and Ibama facilitated the exploitation of timber resources on indigenous lands. "The normative instruction provided for so-called sustainable forest management in demarcated territories, which, in theory, should be protected," it highlights. reporter from G1.
The rule change was widely criticized by environmentalists, as the previous government's act, made at the last minute, allowed exploitation, including by mixed-composition organizations, that is, entities with the participation of non-indigenous people.
Furthermore, environmental organizations argued that the measure violated the Federal Constitution, which prohibits logging in these territories.
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