Government plans to sink 73 ships along the Brazilian coastline

The federal government, with the support of the Navy but without clear environmental criteria, intends to sink 73 ships to create artificial reefs in all the main touristic locations along the Brazilian coast, most of them located inside biodiversity conservation units and protected areas. 

The project, which is being spearheaded by the president’s son, Flávio Bolsonaro and tourism authorities, plans to build “marine museums” at Maritime National Park of Fernando de Noronha, a highly sensitive ecological site. Biologists issued warnings about the negative impacts of the plan.