As deforestation surges, Brazil moves to weaken indigenous and environmental safeguards (4-29-20)

As deforestation surges, Brazil moves to weaken indigenous and environmental safeguards

Lucy Jordan and Ana Terra Athayde

4-29-2020

Critics accuse Bolsonaro and allies of using the pandemic as cover to rush through amnesty for past destruction and occupation of forested land, and expose indigenous land to higher risk of occupation.

With attention focused on the escalating healthcare crisis in Brazil, the administration of Jair Bolsonaro is attempting to push through new rules which would weaken safeguards against the invasion of indigenous lands and the deforestation of the Amazon.

Read the full article: https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2020/04/29/coronavirus-amazon-deforestation-bolsonaro-brazil-weakens-indigenous-environmental-safeguards/