Former Environment
Minister Marina Silva said the Senate's passage of HB 458 was the third
worst day of her life, following the death of year father and the
assassination of her mentor Chico Mendes, a leader of a rubber tapper
union based in the Brazilian state of Acre. She added the law would
undermine Brazil's progress in formulating and implementing
environmental protections, including the setting aside of 523,592
square kilometers of protected areas between 2003 and 2009, an amount
accounting for three-quarters of global protected areas established
during that period. HB 458 would grant land title to 300,000 properties illegally
established across some 600,000 square kilometers (230,000 square
miles) of protected Amazon forest, more than offsetting the
conservation gains of the past six years.
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Development interests — including large-scale agroindustrial
firms, cattle ranchers, loggers, and plantation forestry companies —
have lobbied intensely to get HB 458 passed. Supporters of the
legislation say that while it will legitimize land-grabs prior to
December 2004, HB 458 move may improve governance in an otherwise
lawless region where conflict over land and complete disregard of
environmental regulations is widespread.
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