Thousands to protest against Brazil's 'death combo' of anti-environment bills
Source: The Guardian
Thousands to protest against Brazil’s ‘death combo’ of anti-environment bills
Demonstration against what activists call a historic assault planned after musician Caetano Veloso called for action
Constance Malleret in Brasília and Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Wed 9 Mar 2022 10.00 GMT
Thousands of demonstrators will gather in Brazil’s capital on Wednesday after one of the country’s leading musicians, Caetano Veloso, called a major protest to denounce what environmentalists call a historic assault on the Brazilian environment under President Jair Bolsonaro.
The “Ato pela Terra” (Stand for the Earth) demonstration is being held in Brasília to oppose what activists call a “death combo” of five environment-related bills being considered by Brazil’s congress.
The senate is expected to vote on three of those bills in the coming weeks, while two are expected to face votes in the lower house.
If approved, the proposals would greenlight commercial mining on indigenous lands and jeopardize the land rights of tens of thousands of indigenous people; loosen environmental licensing requirements and regulations over pesticide use; and boost land grabbers and illegal loggers in the Amazon, where deforestation has soared under Brazil’s far-right president.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/09/brazil-protest-environment-indigenous-bolsonaro