Is it greed that drives us to push environmental limits? Are we on a path of self-destruction as we threaten natural resources for a new gold rush? Instead of living in an era of restoration, recognizing we've previously over developed and stripped away far too much habitat, we march on with our machetes.
With sadness and remorse we bring you the bad news surrounding further destruction of the Amazon. See more at Renewable Now Network. com.
The decision announced on Wednesday by a decree of President Michel Temer abolished a protected area known as the National Reserve of Copper and Associates (Renca), created in 1984, during the military dictatorship, provoked protests by politicians, environmentalists, And industry experts.
The decree says that a region of about 47,000 square kilometers between Pará and Amapá is liberated for extraction of gold and other noble minerals. The Ministry of Mines and Energy says that protected areas of the forest and indigenous reserves will not be affected.
The enclosed area is larger than Denmark and has the size equivalent to that of the state of Espírito Santo, or eight times the size of the Federal District.
Opposition Senator Randolfe Rodrigues denounced the move as “the biggest attack on the Amazon of the last 50 years!..."
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