It is safe to say, however, that his pre-recorded speech will not address recent statements by his Environment Minister, who in April talked about taking advantage of the press’ undivided attention on the Covid-19 pandemic to “run the cattle herd” through the Amazon, “changing all of the rules and simplifying standards.”
Locals say anteaters, caimans, capybaras, and a 4-metre boa constrictor have all been seen near Rio de Janeiro’s Camboatá Forest recently. The 19th-century essayist Charles Dudley Warner once said “politics make strange bedfellows.” The quote is appropriated to describe a newly-formed alliance between environmentalist NGOs and major agricultural producers — who together are calling for the Jair Bolsonaro administration to enforce deforestation controls in biomes such as the Amazon rainforest and the Pantanal wetlands.Eight European nations have warned Brasilia of the economic damage the country might incur if the current trend in Amazon deforestation is not halted. Rio Motorpark commissioned an environmental impact report – a necessary step in getting the licences required for construction to start. Most of city’s last flatland area along with 180,000 trees would be destroyed if project goes ahead, Dom Phillips in Guadalupe, Rio de Janeiro, Thu 15 Oct 2020 14.07 BST Earlier this month, a leaked letter from Carey to Rio’s interim governor, Cláudio Castro, said the deal had been made to host the grand prix in Rio, but that environmental licences were still outstanding. Want to republish The Brazilian Report? The forest belongs to the federal government. All rights reserved.
The list of proposals can be summarized into six core points. "While European efforts are aiming at achieving deforestation-free supply chains, the current trend of rising deforestation in Brazil is making it increasingly difficult for businesses and investors to meet their environmental, social and governance criteria," the two-page letter said. Deforestation continued to surge in the Brazilian Amazon last month, according to official figures released Friday, showing it was the worst May and worst first five months of the year on record. Rio F1 racetrack plans add fuel to Brazil deforestation row Most of city’s last flatland area along with 180,000 trees would be destroyed if project goes ahead . But controversy is swirling around the licensing process.
Environmental activists say the policies of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, which call for the development of the Amazon region, are to blame for the destruction of the forest.
Environmentalists have slammed the project and Formula One’s current champion, Lewis Hamilton, has also spoken out against it. The letter also raises the possibility that consumer boycotts could also hit the Brazilian economy. There’s a “99% chance, or more, of us having Formula One in Rio de Janeiro from 2021,” the president said last year after meeting the Formula One chief executive, Chase Carey. He also pointed out that Brazil already has the famous circuit at Interlagos in São Paulo: “The world doesn’t need a new circuit,” he said. Some of them seem like obvious no-brainer moves, but, tellingly, haven’t been put in place by the administration:
- Resume and revamp environmental inspections in farms, holding transgressors accountable for infractions;
- Suspend all exploitation permits within public forest areas, punishing illegal deforestation actions;
- Destine 10 million hectares of land for sustainable land use and environmental protection;
- Issue a credit line to local communities based on their environmental track record and socioeconomic indicators;
- Guarantee that deforestation data will be gathered and published with transparency;
- Suspend land permits in properties which have deforested land since June 2008.
Legal notice | The Brazilian army has bases across this region and still patrols the forest, one reason it has not been occupied by favelas that have grown up nearby.
The Brazilian government, however, has offered little hope that it will change its stance.
It said that multinational companies with stakes in Brazil were increasingly unable to meet their environmental targets and may feel forced to invest elsewhere. However, it shied away from mentioning a yet-to-be ratified trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur confederation of South American countries. The 19th-century essayist Charles Dudley Warner once said “politics make strange bedfellows.” The quote is appropriated to describe a newly-formed alliance between environmentalist NGOs and major agricultural producers — who together are calling for the Jair Bolsonaro administration to enforce deforestation controls in biomes such as the Amazon rainforest and the Pantanal wetlands.
Moreover, European Union countries are using Brazil’s uncontrolled — and criminal — wildfires as a way out of the free-trade deal with Mercosur. Last modified on Thu 15 Oct 2020 17.46 BST.
Deforestation is a bad business move
Read more: Amazon's widespread fire damage 'invisible to our eyes', Send Facebook Twitter google+ Whatsapp Tumblr linkedin stumble Digg reddit Newsvine, © 2020 Deutsche Welle | © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. In the first 14 days of September, almost 20,500 fires were registered in the Amazon region — already more than in the whole month of September 2019 (19,925).
In a document sent out this week to Vice President Hamilton Mourão, who presides over the Amazon Council, 230 institutions put forward a list of measures the government should immediately implement to curb deforestation rates. Rio Motorpark has talked up the economic benefits the racetrack will bring to the low-income Guadalupe neighbourhood. “You notice how the temperature is cooler here?” said Candido, who works in administration at a school.
JBS, for example, was dropped from the portfolio of major European financial services firm Nordea Asset Management for its transgressions.