{"id":6085,"date":"2017-05-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.conectas.org.inf.br\/wp\/noticias\/resist\/"},"modified":"2021-04-13T16:58:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T16:58:14","slug":"resist","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/resist\/","title":"#Resist","content":"

Over<\/em>\u00a090\u00a0institutions sign letter denouncing measures that violate human rights and jeopardize environmental protection<\/em><\/p>\n

Environmental, indigenous, human rights and rural organizations have united in resistance against measures being adopted by the Temer government and the\u00a0ruralista<\/em>\u00a0(agribusiness) caucus that violate human rights \u2013 especially those of indigenous and agricultural laborers \u2013 and jeopardize environmental protection.\u00a0The group today released an open letter calling on other groups and people in society to join the cause. To date, more than 60 organizations have signed on. Click here to read the document<\/u>.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cDenounce and resist\u201d is the motto unifying these organizations into a coordinated resistance movement. Working on the national and regional level, the group will take action in the legislative, legal and public spheres, sparing no effort to prevent the Temer government and the ruralistas<\/em> from taking Brazil back decades in terms of environmental protection and human rights.<\/p>\n

Attacks on the environmental agenda are not new in Brazil, but the weakening of human rights and environmental protection systems has expanded exponentially since the ascension of Michel Temer to the presidency and the corresponding centralization and concentration of power of the ruralistas<\/em>. For the \u201cdenounce and resist\u201d movement, Temer now represents the biggest threat to be confronted by the environmental and human rights agenda.<\/p>\n

The current administration has slashed funding for the Environment Ministry and began gutting the Indigenous Agency (Funai), in doing so abandoning indigenous peoples. The appointment of a military general to head the agency illustrates the government\u2019s dictatorial views about dealing with indigenous issues. It is also worth noting that, together with increased deforestation, two tragic new records were set in 2016: the number of deaths in rural areas and the number of land conflicts. Not to mention the most recent barbarism, namely the brutal attack on the Gamela indigenous people in the state of Maranh\u00e3o and the massacre of agricultural laborers in Colniza, in the state of Mato Grosso. And which areas are the ones with the most conflicts? Precisely those where the agricultural frontier is expanding, but also where there are mining, power generation and infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n

Situations such as these could be the tip of the iceberg. The Provisional Executive Orders 756 and 758, for example, reduce Amazon rainforest conservation areas, while Provisional Executive Order 759 allows for the appropriation of public lands, abolishes the social use concept of land and eliminates land reform processes. Other measures that permit the sale of lands to foreign investors and authorize the indiscriminate use of agrochemicals have already been announced by members of the government.<\/p>\n

Several indigenous land demarcation cases have been rejected by the Ministry of Justice and are now paralyzed \u2013 and the current Minister of Justice frequently attacks indigenous peoples. Furthermore, the President\u2019s Chief of Staff, Eliseu Padilha, who is under investigation in connection with the \u201cOperation Car Wash\u201d corruption case and for land appropriation in Mato Grosso, is currently negotiating the reduction of existing conservation areas in the Amazon and promoting a bill that would essentially eliminate environmental licensing rules in Brazil.<\/p>\n

The approval of these measures proposed by the agribusiness caucus would result in greater land concentration, the economic infeasibility of small-scale agricultural production, increased land grabbing of public lands and the commodification of rural settlements and agrarian reform. They would also prevent Brazil from complying with its international commitments on climate change and biodiversity.<\/p>\n

Many of these proposals, when previously introduced, were halted by lack of popular support or constitutional violations, but now such measures find in the\u00a0ruralista<\/em>\u00a0caucus, which dominates Congress and the Temer administration, enough support to skate through the legislative process at record speed via provisional executive orders, decrees and fast-track votes. Not even rights guaranteed by the Constitution are safe.<\/p>\n

The following are the main potential setbacks:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Weakening of environmental licensing (Bill 3,729\/2004 – General Licensing Law<\/u><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Annulment of indigenous rights and lands (Constitutional Amendment 215\/2000 would dispense with indigenous land demarcation<\/u><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Constitutional Amendment 132\/2015 would compensate holders of property titles on indigenous lands<\/u><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Greater access for foreign investors to purchase land (Bill 2289\/2007<\/u><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Bill 4059\/2012<\/u><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Reduction of conservation areas (Provisional Executive Order 756\/2016<\/u><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Provisional Executive Order 758\/2016 would reduce the size of conservation areas in the Amazon rainforest in the state of Par\u00e1<\/u><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Reduction of regulations on agrochemicals (Bill 6299\/2002 – known as the Poison Bill<\/u><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Bill 34\/2015 on labeling of GMOs<\/u><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Facilitation of land grabbing, occupation of public lands of high environmental value and the end of the concept of the social function of land (Provisional Executive Order 759\/2016<\/u><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Attacks on the rights of agricultural workers (Bill 6422\/2016 would change the rules on agricultural work<\/u><\/a>,\u00a0Constitutional Amendment 287\/2016 – Pension Reform<\/u><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Bill 432\/2013 would change the definition of slave labor<\/u><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Attacks on the rights of riverine and maroon communities (Provisional Executive Order 759\/2016<\/u><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Bill 3,729\/2004<\/u><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Relaxation of regulations on mining (Bill 37\/2011 would change the Mining Code<\/u><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Organizations that have joined the resistance so far:<\/strong><\/p>\n

350.org<\/p>\n

Abra\u00e7o Guarapiranga<\/p>\n

Actionaid<\/p>\n

AdT\/Amigos da Terra<\/p>\n

AFES\/A\u00e7\u00e3o Franciscana de Ecologia e Solidariedade<\/p>\n

Aldeia Guarani Kalipty – Parelheiros<\/p>\n

Aldeia Guarani Tenond\u00e9 Por\u00e3 – Parelheiros<\/p>\n

ANA\/Articula\u00e7\u00e3o Nacional de Agroecologia<\/p>\n

Amazon Watch<\/p>\n

APIB\/Articula\u00e7\u00e3o dos Povos Ind\u00edgenas do Brasil<\/p>\n

Apremavi\/Associa\u00e7\u00e3o de Preserva\u00e7\u00e3o do Meio Ambiente e da Vida<\/p>\n

Articula\u00e7\u00e3o para o Monitoramento dos Direitos Humanos no Brasil<\/p>\n

Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Mico-Le\u00e3o-Dourado<\/p>\n

BVRio<\/p>\n

C\u00e1ritas Nacional<\/p>\n

Casa Ecoativa – Ilha do Boror\u00e9<\/p>\n

CEBES\/Centro Brasileiro de Estudos de Sa\u00fade<\/p>\n

CBJP\/Comiss\u00e3o Brasileira Justi\u00e7a e Paz<\/p>\n

CDDHEP\/Centro de Defesa dos Direitos Humanos e Educa\u00e7\u00e3o Popular do Acre<\/p>\n

CIMI\/Conselho Indigenista Mission\u00e1rio<\/p>\n

Comiss\u00e3o Dominicana de Justi\u00e7a e Paz do Brasil<\/p>\n

Comit\u00ea Nacional em Defesa dos Territ\u00f3rios Frente \u00e0 Minera\u00e7\u00e3o<\/p>\n

Comiss\u00e3o Pr\u00f3-\u00cdndio de S\u00e3o Paulo<\/p>\n

CONAQ\/Coordena\u00e7\u00e3o Nacional de Articula\u00e7\u00e3o das Comunidades Negras Rurais Quilombolas<\/p>\n

Conectas Direitos Humanos<\/p>\n

CONTAG\/Confedera\u00e7\u00e3o Nacional dos Trabalhadores Rurais Agricultores e Agricultoras Familiares<\/p>\n

Cora\u00e7\u00e3o Amaz\u00f4nico<\/p>\n

Cooperapas\/Cooperativa Agroecol\u00f3gica dos Produtores Rurais de \u00c1gua Limpa -SP<\/p>\n

CNS\/Conselho Nacional das Popula\u00e7\u00f5es Extrativistas<\/p>\n

Consulta Popular<\/p>\n

CPT\/Comiss\u00e3o Pastoral da Terra<\/p>\n

CUT\/Central \u00danica dos Trabalhadores<\/p>\n

Engajamundo<\/p>\n

Escola de Ativismo<\/p>\n

Espa\u00e7o de Forma\u00e7\u00e3o Assessoria e Documenta\u00e7\u00e3o<\/p>\n

FAOR\/F\u00f3rum da Amaz\u00f4nia Oriental<\/p>\n

FASE\/Federa\u00e7\u00e3o de \u00d3rg\u00e3os para Assist\u00eancia Social e Educacional<\/p>\n

F\u00f3rum Mudan\u00e7as Clim\u00e1ticas e Justi\u00e7a Social<\/p>\n

FURPA\/Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Rio Parna\u00edba<\/p>\n

Greenpeace Brasil<\/p>\n

Grupo Carta de Bel\u00e9m<\/p>\n

IBASE\/Instituto Brasileiro de An\u00e1lises Sociais e Econ\u00f4micas<\/p>\n

ICV\/Instituto Centro de Vida<\/p>\n

IDESAM\/Instituto de Conserva\u00e7\u00e3o e Desenvolvimento Sustent\u00e1vel do Amazonas<\/p>\n

IDS\/Instituto Democracia e Sustentabilidade<\/p>\n

IEMA\/Instituto de Energia e Meio Ambiente<\/p>\n

Intersindical – Central da Classe Trabalhadora<\/p>\n

IMAFLORA\/Instituto de Manejo e Certifica\u00e7\u00e3o Florestal e Agr\u00edcola<\/p>\n

Imargem – Arte, Meio Ambiente e Conviv\u00eancia<\/p>\n

IMAZON\/ Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amaz\u00f4nia<\/p>\n

INESC\/ Instituto de Estudos Socioecon\u00f4micos<\/p>\n

International Rivers Brasil<\/p>\n

Instituto P\u00f3lis<\/p>\n

Instituto Avalia\u00e7\u00e3o<\/p>\n

ISA\/Instituto Socioambiental<\/p>\n

Justi\u00e7a nos Trilhos<\/p>\n

Liga Brasileira de L\u00e9sbicas<\/p>\n

Mater Natura – Instituto de Estudos Ambientais<\/p>\n

MAB\/Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens<\/p>\n

MAM\/Movimento pela Soberania Popular na Minera\u00e7\u00e3o<\/p>\n

MCP\/Movimento Campon\u00eas Popular<\/p>\n

MMC\/Movimento de Mulheres Camponesas<\/p>\n

Mogave\/Movimento Gar\u00e7a Vermelha<\/p>\n

Movimento Contra o Aeroporto de Parelheiros<\/p>\n

Movimento Aeroporto de Parelheiros N\u00c3O!<\/p>\n

MPA\/Movimento dos Pequenos Agricultores<\/p>\n

MST\/ Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra<\/p>\n

MTST\/Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Teto<\/p>\n

N\u00facleo de Estudos das Diversidades, Intoler\u00e2ncias e Conflitos – Diversitas\/USP<\/p>\n

N\u00facleo de Pesquisa e Extens\u00e3o em Ambiente, Socioeconomia e Agroecologia\/NUPEAS-UFAM<\/p>\n

Observat\u00f3rio do Clima<\/p>\n

Observat\u00f3rio de Favelas, da favela da Mar\u00e9, Rio de Janeiro<\/p>\n

OCCA\/Observat\u00f3rio dos Conflitos do Campo – Universidade Federal do Esp\u00edrito Santo (UFES)<\/p>\n

Organon\/N\u00facleo de estudo, pesquisa e extens\u00e3o em mobiliza\u00e7\u00f5es sociais da UFES<\/p>\n

PAD\/Processo de Articula\u00e7\u00e3o e Di\u00e1logo entre Ag\u00eancias Ecum\u00eanicas Europ\u00e9ias e Parceiros Brasileiro<\/p>\n

PHS\/Hospitais Saud\u00e1veis<\/p>\n

PFDC\/Procuradoria Federal dos Direitos do Cidad\u00e3o do MPF\/Minist\u00e9rio P\u00fablico Federal<\/p>\n

PJR\/Pastoral da Juventude Rural<\/p>\n

Plataforma Oper\u00e1ria e Camponesa para Energia<\/p>\n

RAMH\/Rede Acreana de Mulheres e Homens<\/p>\n

Rede Brasileira de Informa\u00e7\u00e3o Ambiental<\/p>\n

Rede GTA\/Grupo de Trabalho Amaz\u00f4nico<\/p>\n

SAVE Brasil<\/p>\n

Sinfrajupe\/Servi\u00e7o InterFranciscano de Justi\u00e7a, Paz e Ecologia<\/p>\n

SBE\/Sociedade Brasileira de Espeleologia<\/p>\n

SOS Mata Atl\u00e2ntica<\/p>\n

Toxisphera Associa\u00e7\u00e3o de Sa\u00fade Ambiental<\/p>\n

UBM\/Uni\u00e3o Brasileira de Mulheres<\/p>\n

Uma Gota no Oceano<\/p>\n

UNALGBT\/Uni\u00e3o Nacional de L\u00e9sbicas, Gays, Bissexuais, Travestis e Transexuais<\/p>\n

Via Campesina<\/p>\n

WWF Brasil<\/p>\n

Individual Signatures:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anna Maria de Castro – Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)<\/p>\n

Antonio Ribeiro de Almeida Junior – Full Professor of the Department of Economics, Business Administration and Sociology at the Luiz de Queiroz Agricultural College \u2013 University of S\u00e3o Paulo<\/p>\n

Cristiana Losekann – professor at the Federal University of Esp\u00edrito Santo (UFES)<\/p>\n

Lazaro Camilo Recompensa Joseph – Professor of the Department of Economics and International Relations at the Federal University of Santa Maria<\/p>\n

Liana Brito de Castro Ara\u00fajo – Associate Professor at UECE<\/p>\n

L\u00facia Rincon – Professor at the Catholic University of Goi\u00e1s<\/p>\n

Luiz Alberto G\u00f3mez de Souza – University Professor and writer from Rio de Janeiro<\/p>\n

Maciel Cover – Professor at the Federal University of Tocantins<\/p>\n

Silvana Maria Gritti – Professor at Unipampa, Jaguar\u00e3o Campus<\/p>\n

Simone Wolff – Teacher from the Department of Social Sciences at the State University of Londrina (UEL)<\/p>\n<\/div>

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