The Brazilian Supreme Court Makes Way for the ‘Grain Train’
The 8-1 ruling clears the Ferrograo law, but the 1,000-kilometer railway still needs licenses before construction can begin.
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ecotopical.comThe Brazilian Supreme Court Makes Way for the ‘Grain Train’
Environmental and Indigenous activists say the railway, if it proceeds, will unleash an explosion of carbon and further imperil the world’s biggest and most climate-critical rainforest.By Georgina GustinA nearly 600-mile railway that would cut through the heart of the Amazon rainforest got one step closer to reality Thursday when the Brazilian Supreme Court ruled that a national park could be resized to accommodate its passage.
Brazil's Top Court Clears 933km Amazon Soy Railway in 8-1 Vote
Brazil · Infrastructure Key Facts —Ruling: Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court voted 8-1 on Thursday to uphold a 2017 law that reduced the Jamanxim National Park in Pará state by 862 hectares, clearing the constitutional challenge that had blocked the Brazil Ferrogrão soy railway since 2021. —Project: The Ferrogrão (EF-170) is a 933-kilometer freight corridor designed […] The post Brazil’s Top Court Clears 933km Amazon Soy Railway in 8-1 Vote appeare…
The Supreme Federal Court (STF) resumed on Thursday the judgment on the validity of the law that assigned part of the Jamanxim National Park, in Pará, to the Ferrogrão project, a railway that aims to connect the state to Mato Grosso. A decision in this sense would help to unlock the work, that lives a legal impasse. The analysis will be resumed with the vote-view of Minister Flávio Dino. So far, two ministers voted for the validity of the law th…
Brazil’s Supreme Court Approves Reduction of Amazonian Park, Paving the Way for Megarailroad
Brazil’s Supreme Court upheld a law reducing the size of the Jamanxim National Park, allowing the Ferrogrão railway project to move closer to environmental licensing. The post Brazil’s Supreme Court Approves Reduction of Amazonian Park, Paving the Way for Megarailroad first appeared on Amazon Watch.
Rio de Janeiro.- The Supreme Court of Brazil has declared constitutional the law that reduced the size of an important natural reserve in the Amazon to allow the construction of a questionable railroad destined for the transport of grains for export. It is called Ferrogrão, a railroad of 933 kilometers of extension planned 10 years ago to connect the state of Mato Grosso (west), one of the main barns of the country, with Itaituba, a port on the …
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