Kennedy: Temer's new decree on the Amazon maintains the setback.
Journalist Kennedy Alencar criticized on Tuesday, the 29th, Michel Temer's decision to partially revoke the decree on the National Copper and Associated Minerals Reserve (Renca); according to him, it is only an apparent retreat due to the negative repercussions in Brazil and abroad. "The decision to allow mining in the Amazonian reserve remains in place," says Kennedy; "Without a doubt, there is an environmental setback in the name of the political support necessary for the current government to remain in power."
247 - Journalist Kennedy Alencar criticized on Tuesday, the 29th, Michel Temer's decision to partially revoke the decree on the National Copper Reserve and its Associates (Renca).
According to Kennedy, this is only a superficial retreat due to the negative repercussions in Brazil and abroad. "The decision to allow mining in the Amazon reserve remains in place," says Kennedy.
"This decree is the result of lobbying by the political forces that support the government in Congress. The government is heavily dependent on the rural caucus and those economic sectors that intend to exploit the Amazon, whether by expanding the agricultural frontier into the forest or through activities such as mining. Without a doubt, there is an environmental setback in the name of the political support necessary for the current government to remain in power," he states.
Read the full text at Kennedy's Blog.