Statt den Amazonas zu schützen und den Raubbau zu stoppen, befeuert die Regierung von Bolsonaro weiter illegale Abholzung und will jetzt durch neue Gesetze Landraub für illegale Minen und illegale Rodungen ermöglichen und verstärkt damit die Gewalt gegen indigene Gemeinschaften.
Anlässlich der Abstimmung dieser Gesetzesentwürfe haben wir, eine Gruppe von europäischen Abgeordneten, einen offenen Brief an den Präsidenten des brasilianischen Kongresses und an den Präsidenten des brasilianischen Senas gesandt, um auszudrücken, dass wir mehr Abholzung, Landraub und Umweltverbrechen auf Kosten der Menschenrechte missbilligen. Kriminelle Machenschaften wie Landraub dürfen nicht legalisiert werden.
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES AND SENATE
Arthur Lira
Presidente da Câmara dos Deputados
Gabinete 942 – Anexo IV – Câmara dos Deputados – Praça dos Três Poderes
70160-900 Brasília – DF
República Federativa do Brasil
Rodrigo Pacheco
Presidente do Senado Federal Senado Federal – Anexo 2 – Ala Teotônio Vilela Gabinete 24 – Praça dos Três Poderes
70160-900 Brasília – DF
República Federativa do Brasil
March 26, 2021
Dear Mr. Arthur Lira,
Dear Mr. Rodrigo Pacheco,
With this letter we, Members of Parliament, would like to express our utmost concern regarding the possibility of the approval of a package composed of legislative proposals that will likely increase deforestation, violence against Indigenous and traditional communities and worsen socio-environmental conditions. Therefore, we hope that Brazilian National Congress and its Director Boards will take a strong stand against these setbacks in socio-environmental legislation.
We specifically refer our concern to the approval of the following topics: mining on indigenous lands (Bill No. 191/2020, proposed by the House of Representatives); land tenure regularization (Bill No. 2633/2020 in the House of Representatives, and Bill No. 510/2021 in the Federal Senate); and environmental licensing (Bill No. 3729/2004 and addendums, currently in the House of Representatives, and Senate Bill No. 168/2018).
Moving forward with these legislative proposals endangers our current and future relations, as we are committed to align with the Paris Climate Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals and the respect for Human Rights. Biodiversity and a safe climate are foundational pillars for our shared future and our development pathway must proceed within the world’s ecological limits.
Actions that provoke more deforestation and impair the rule of law or human rights standards, undermine a safe climate and the world’s biodiversity. Therefore, such actions should be
contingent upon any trade agreements. We are profoundly worried that the proposed legislative package threatens our joint mission and endangers our future economic and trade relations.
We would like to consider Brazil our partner in a joint effort for a better world. A world that protects human rights, respects biodiversity and the climate, and supports thriving societies.
One major priority of the moment is to control and contain the Covid-19 pandemic, guaranteeing vaccines and economic support to the population of every nation. This goes hand in hand with reestablishing the conditions for social and economic recovery on sustainable bases. More deforestation, land grabbing and environmental crimes at the expense of human rights are diametrically opposed to this.
Yours sincerely,
1. Omid Nouripour, Member of the German Bundestag
2. Claudia Roth, Vice-President of the German Bundestag
3. Anton Hofreiter, Leader of the Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group in the Bundestag
4. Cem Özdemir, Member of the German Bundestag
5. Uwe Kekeritz, Member of the German Bundestag
6. Rossella Muroni, Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
7. Margarete Bause, Member of the German Bundestag
8. Reinhard Bütikofer, Member of the European Parliament
9. Allesandro Fussachia, Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
10. Barbara Hendricks, Member of the German Bundestag
11. Lorenzo Fioramonti, Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
12. Andrea Cecconi, Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
13. Antonio Lombardo, Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
14. Kai Gehring, Member of the German Bundestag
15. Beate Müller-Gemmeke, Member of the German Bundestag
16. Gerhard Zickenheiner, Member of the German Bundestag
17. Stefan Schmidt, Member of the German Bundestag
18. Lisa Paus, Member of the German Bundestag
19. Markus Kurth, Member of the German Bundestag
20. Anna Christmann, Member of the German Bundestag
21. Ottmar von Holtz, Member of the German Bundestag
22. Tobias Lindner, Member of the German Bundestag
23. Matthias Zimmer, Member of the German Bundestag
24. Matthias Gastel, Member of the German Bundestag
25. Ekin Deligöz, Member of the German Bundestag
26. Stefan Gelbhaar, Member of the German Bundestag
27. Bettina Hoffmann, Member of the German Bundestag
28. Lisa Badum, Member of the German Bundestag
29. Danyal Bayaz, Member of the German Bundestag
30. Sylvia Kotting-Uhl, Member of the German Bundestag
31. Frithjof Schmidt, Member of the German Bundestag
32. Ingrid Nestle, Member of the German Bundestag
33. Markus Tressel, Member of the German Bundestag
34. Tabea Rössner, Member of the German Bundestag
35. Filiz Polat, Member of the German Bundestag
36. Konstantin von Notz, Member of the German Bundestag
37. Claudia Müller, Member of the German Bundestag
38. Margit Stumpp, Member of the German Bundestag
39. Manuela Rottmann, Member of the German Bundestag
40. Ulle Schauws, Member of the German Bundestag
41. Katharina Dröge, Member of the German Bundestag
42. Christian Kühn, Member of the German Bundestag
43. Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn, Member of the German Bundestag
44. Beate Walter-Rosenheimer, Member of the German Bundestag
45. Steffi Lemke, Member of the German Bundestag
46. Julia Verlinden, Member of the German Bundestag