{"id":29804,"date":"2020-09-30T11:44:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T11:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&p=29804"},"modified":"2021-04-05T12:59:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T12:59:31","slug":"data-show-dozens-of-new-rules-published-over-the-past-two-years-to-weaken-environmental-protection-legislation","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/data-show-dozens-of-new-rules-published-over-the-past-two-years-to-weaken-environmental-protection-legislation\/","title":"Data show dozens of new rules published over the past two years to weaken environmental protection legislation","content":"

This is not the first time that D\u00e1rio Kopenawa, son of the leader Davi Kopenawa, has watched white men build roads and dig up his lands in search of precious stones. Of the threats posed by illegal mining, one concern is the release of\u00a0xawara<\/i>, diseases buried in the soil by\u00a0Omama<\/i>, the creator of all living beings in Yanomami culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy ancestors were killed by the same thing that I\u2019m facing: illegal mining and an epidemic,\u201d said D\u00e1rio in an interview to the newspaper El Pa\u00eds, recalling the measles outbreak that resulted from the construction of the Northern Perimeter Highway (BR-210), during the years of the military dictatorship. \u201cThe Yanomami are being infected by miners<\/b>. People are getting sick. We are very worried and very sad. Where there is mining there are symptoms of Covid-19.\u2033<\/p>\n

Although illegal activity on indigenous lands is nothing new, the problem has taken on new proportions due to the pandemic and the disregard of the government.\u00a0Research conducted by the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo with the Talanoa Institute<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0shows that, between March and May 2020, a total of\u00a0195 rules on the environment<\/b>\u00a0were published in the Federal Gazette \u2013 in the same period in 2019, there were 16. According to the analysis, the purpose of some of the sub-legal measures was to\u00a0change the interpretation of the law<\/b>.<\/p>\n

These measures are in line with the declaration made by the Environment Minister Ricardo Salles at the cabinet meeting on April 22: \u201cWe need to make an effort while we are in this calm moment in terms of press coverage, because they are only talking about Covid, and push through and change all the rules and simplify norms.\u201d Before that, in February, President Jair Bolsonaro had already sent Congress a bill to regulate mining and power generation on indigenous lands.<\/p>\n

Mining on indigenous lands and deforestation<\/b><\/h2>\n

According to alerts in the Deter system (Deforestation Detection in Real Time) of Inpe (National Space Research Institute),\u00a072% of all the mining in the Amazon<\/b>\u00a0between January and April 2020\u00a0took place inside protected areas<\/b>. The Munduruku and Sai Cinza Indigenous Lands, in the state of Par\u00e1, alone account for 60% of the alerts of deforestation for mining in the Amazon. Also according to Inpe, deforestation in the region grew 34% from August 2019 to July 2020, compared to the same period the year before. In June, the Amazon biome reached the milestone of 14 consecutive months of increased destruction compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the start of this pandemic, indigenous peoples have been demanding that the Brazilian State guarantee the protection of their lands, by immediately removing trespassers. But nothing has been done in this regard. This is one of the most effective and necessary measures to prevent a new genocide from happening in this country in the 21st century \u2013 which would be totally unacceptable and immoral!\u201d lamented Carol Mar\u00e7al, of Greenpeace Brazil\u2019s Amazon campaign, on the NGO\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

By the end of August, according to Apib (Association of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil), there were\u00a028,815 confirmed cases of infections among indigenous people<\/b>, with a total of 757 deaths and 156 tribes affected.<\/p>\n

Before\u00a0xawara<\/i>\u00a0is released, some initiatives are being taken by the indigenous peoples themselves and by non-governmental organizations. In June, D\u00e1rio Kopenawa was one of the organizers of the campaign \u201cMiners Out, Covid Out!\u201d, which has already denounced the presence of more than 20,000 illegal miners on indigenous lands and which is supported by Conectas and a number of other organizations. \u201cI\u2019m fighting for the right to live in peace, without disturbance. For the right to live, to drink clean water, for the life of the Yanomami people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>

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