Brazil's Environment Minister says he was caught off guard by the handover of the Amazon.
"There was a formal consultation, we responded negatively, and then I wasn't notified of anything. I was caught by surprise," says Sarney Filho, commenting on the case of the opening of an environmental and indigenous reserve for mineral exploration by international groups.
247 - "There was a formal consultation, we responded negatively, and then I wasn't notified of anything. I was caught by surprise," says Sarney Filho, commenting on the case of the opening of an environmental and indigenous reserve for mineral exploration by international groups.
Read below an excerpt from Report by Daniela Chiaretti, in Valor:
"The government failed and made a mistake" in issuing a decree that extinguishes the National Copper and Associated Minerals Reserve (Renca), he told [the source]. Price The Minister of the Environment, Sarney Filho. The ministry was consulted in June and issued a negative opinion. "There was a formal consultation, we responded negatively, and then I wasn't notified of anything. I was caught by surprise."
The decree, signed a week ago by President Michel Temer, allowed the opening of 47 square kilometers of territory for mineral exploration between the states of Pará and Amapá. This authorization could generate conflicts between mining activity, the conservation of the region's biodiversity, and the rights of indigenous peoples in an area larger than Switzerland.