DPU tries to overturn the Bolsonaro government's rule that allows mining in settlements

The Federal Public Defender's Office (DPU) is requesting the immediate repeal of a regulatory instruction from the Bolsonaro government that allowed mining in land settlements. According to the agency, the movement would have weakened the rights of the people who live in these agricultural groups. The request was sent to the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA), which published the measure in 2021, and also to the Nat…

Ordinance signed in 2021 also approved energy and infrastructure projects without consulting communities