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Brazil: Lula Should Veto Environmental Protection Rollback

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par Human Rights Watch

Deforested area within the Governador Indigenous Land, in the state of Maranhão, in November 2017. Non-Indigenous people removed the most valuable timber and then burned the area for cultivation. Photo by César Muñoz Acebes. (São Paulo) - Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva should veto a bill that dismantles environmental licensing and poses serious threats to environment-related human rights across the country, Human Rights Watch said today.The proposed General Environmental Licensing Law, known to opponents as “Devastation Bill,” was approved on July 17, 2025, in the Chamber of Deputies.…

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