Manifesto asks for protection of Brazil's Protected Units

Representatives of 68 environmental preservation entities presented Marina Silva, Minister of State for Environment and Climate Change of Brazil, and the management of the ICMBio, with the Manifesto in Defense of the National System of Conservation Units (SNUC). The document expresses concern about recent decisions of the Federal Government that have weakened the preservation of Integral Protection Conservation Units (UCs) after the issuance of …