Protests flare as Brazil approves bill limiting recognition of tribal lands
- Brazil's lower house of Congress approved a bill to limit the recognition of new Indigenous reservations, which environmentalists and human rights advocates see as a setback after pressure from the farm lobby.
- The bill could impact hundreds of territories under evaluation, and establishing a reservation gives Indigenous communities legal protections that can deter illegal loggers and wildcat gold miners from land invasions.
- The bill still needs approval in the Senate and signing by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who could veto it, but if passed, it could tarnish Lula's climate ambitions and prevent Indigenous communities from obtaining title of their lands.
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Brazil's Indigenous people protest as lawmakers vote to limit their land rights
Brazilian Indigenous leaders and environmentalists are outraged after lawmakers approved a measure that would affect claims to Indigenous land, and potentially, environmental protections.
Brazilian lawmakers vote to limit recognition of Indigenous reserves
Brazil's lower house of Congress approved legislation Tuesday that would limit expanded demarcations of Indigenous lands, which are considered key to protecting the Amazon and its native peoples.The text, passed by the Chamber of Deputies on a 283-155 vote, establishes that reserves can only be on land occupied by Indigenous people at the time of the promulgation of the current constitution, in 1988.The bill, which has yet to move to the Senate,…
Brazilian lawmakers vote to limit recognition of Indigenous reserves
Brazil's lower house of Congress approved legislation Tuesday that would limit expanded demarcations of Indigenous lands, which are considered key to protecting the Amazon and its native peoples.
Brazil’s Congress votes to limit recognition of Indigenous lands
Brazil's lower house of Congress has approved a bill that would limit the recognition of new Indigenous reservations in a blow for climate protection and for left-wing Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has vowed to expand indigenous protections, in part as a barrier against deforestation.
Brazil’s Congress votes to limit recognition of Indigenous lands
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved on Tuesday the main text of a bill to limit the recognition of new Indigenous reservations, in a setback for environmentalists and human rights advocates after intense pressure from the farm lobby. The legislation would restrict the demarcation of new Indigenous reservations only to land that was occupied by native communities when Brazil passed its Constitution in 1988. Lawmakers wi…
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