14 Nov 22
Anti-environmental caucus grows in Congress and Legal Amazon houses will be dominated by the right after 2023
The new Congress is not only further to the right – it has also become more anti-environmental. The Institute for Democracy and Sustainability (IDS) did a survey through its Green Panel that identified the growth of the anti-environmental caucus and the reduction of the environmental caucus. The percentage of mostly anti-environmental federal deputies rose from 37% to 42.6%, while the percentage of green federal deputies fell from 30% to 27%. The Senate loses two votes aligned with environmental issues and decreases its power to avoid setbacks on the agenda.
In the specific case of the Legal Amazon region, the IDS report assesses that “the voices that will speak on behalf of Amazonian voters have low adhesion to the climate and environmental agendas”.
Sources4 Nov 22
Norte Energia promises to compensate Belo Monte communities
16 Nov 22
Illegal fishermen attack indigenous boat and threaten to kill Kanamari woman in Javari Valley