UN experts applaud Brazil veto of controversial environmental licensing bill

UN experts applaud Brazil veto of controversial environmental licensing bill

UN human rights and environmental experts on Thursday welcomed Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s decision to veto 63 provisions of a sweeping environmental licensing bill, calling the move a decisive step in protecting human rights, Indigenous communities, and the planet. The vetoes, announced earlier this week, were applied to some of the most controversial aspects of the law, which experts had warned could cause “irreversible dam…