Environmental and rights groups, geologists and even federal prosecutors warned that Bolsonaro was using the pretext of the Ukraine crisis to rush through the bill allowing not just mining but also oil exploration and hydroelectric dams on indigenous lands protected by Brazil's constitution. The public prosecutor's office for indigenous cases said in a statement that the bill was unconstitutional and could cause the disappearance of some indigenous tribes in the Amazon.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Thousands of Brazilians gathered outside Congress on Wednesday to protest a set of bills they say threaten the Amazon rainforest by encouraging deforestation and industrial activity on protected Indigenous lands.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Thousands of Brazilians gathered outside Congress on Wednesday to protest a set of bills they say threaten the Amazon rainforest by encouraging deforestation and industrial