The working group on environment, formed by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT, progressive-globalist), plans to remotely embargo farms with illegal deforestation.
Former Environment Minister Carlos Minc of the Transition Group told the press on Wednesday (Nov. 30) that the next government should map the places where deforestation is allowed with satellite data.
“The rest can be embargoed,” he said.
He also defended financial punishment for those caught.
“Banks must cut off the credit of units that are deforesting. This will be a large-scale measure, which will have a great effect,” Minc said.
He affirmed that there would be a “strong and immediate reduction of deforestation in Brazil already in the first quarter”.
“No more softness and impunity; if you deforest, you will suffer the legal consequences.”
Without providing proof, federal deputy-elect Marina Silva, quoted to return to the command of the portfolio, said that some groups have expanded environmental crimes after the defeat of President Jair Bolsonaro (PL, right) in the race for re-election.
“It is possible that some groups are advancing [in deforestation], especially in the southern Amazon, Acre, Rondônia. It makes deforestation out of control,” the former minister said.
DEFORESTATION DROPS IN THE AMAZON
Despite the alarmist tone of Lula da Silva’s team, deforestation in the Amazon forest fell by 11.27% in the 12 months to July 2022, according to official government data released on Wednesday (Nov. 30).
From August 2021 to July 2022, the destruction of the forest fell to 11,568 square kilometers, according to annual data from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE).
The annual Prodes report, released on Wednesday, provides the final data used as a reference for Brazilian environmental policy and international commitments on climate change.