Man who destroyed vast forest wins demise of park

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https://apnews.com/article/forests-brazil-deforestation-climate-and-environment-9f08175047a98bf4a5d1cf6b4514de57

Man who destroyed vast forest wins demise of park
by FABIANO MAISONNAVE

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In a move that shocked environmentalists, the government of Brazil’s third-largest state has given up a legal fight over protecting a state park in one of the Amazon’s most biodiverse areas. The upshot of that decision is that a man responsible for the deforestation of huge swaths of protected land wins with finality a lawsuit against the government. The park will cease to exist.

Antonio José Rossi Junqueira Vilela has been fined millions of dollars for deforestation in Brazil and for stealing thousands of hectares (acres) of the Amazon rainforest. Yet it was a company linked to him that filed a lawsuit against the state of Mato Grosso, alleging it had improperly set the borders of the Cristalino II State Park.

The park stretches for 118,000 hectares (292,000 acres), larger than New York City, and lies in the transition zone between the Amazon and drier Cerrado biomes. It is home to the endemic white-fronted spider monkey (Ateles marginatus), a species endangered due to habitat loss.

In a 3-2 decision, Mato Grosso´s upper court ruled that the government’s creation of the park in 2001 was illegal because it took place without public consultation.

The state government did not appeal that decision, leaving it to become final. Now the park will be officially dissolved, the government press office confirmed to The Associated Press.


AJ Vilela

[H2O Man]

1. I could puke.

Recommended.

[Geechie]

2. Prime candidate for Backpfeifengesicht. nt

[flying_wahini]

3. How horrible. What a terrible person; he should be forced

To live inside the forest he cut down.

[Bayard]

4. Oh, that's just great

I'm thinking a lot of bribes were paid out.

[Duppers]

5. You can bet on it!

That man is a huge POS ❗