29. März 2021 | Aktuelles

Brasilien: Keine Amnestie für Landräuber im Amazonas

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Die brasilianische Regierung, die alle erforderlichen Maßnahmen ergreifen sollte, um den Amazonas und die dort lebenden Gemeinden mit der gebotenen Dringlichkeit zu schützen, handelt weiterhin gegenteilig: Sie toleriert kriminelle Machenschaften wie Landraub und Eindringen in indigene Gebiete, illegale Minen und illegalen Holzraub. Die Vorstöße der brasilianischen Regierung, die bisherigen Errungenschaften im Naturschutz für die Wirtschaftsinteressen der Agrarindustrie zu schwächen, sind vielfältig. Erneut stehen nun im Nationalkongress Gesetzesentwürfe zur Abstimmung, die eine Art Amnestie für Landräuber im ganzen Amazonasgebiet vorsehen. Wie im vergangenen Jahr haben wir daher anlässlich der Abstimmung einen offenen Brief an den Präsidenten des brasilianischen Kongresses und des Präsidenten des brasilianischen Senats gesandt, um unsere Sorge über die Auswirkungen eines solchen Gesetzes auf die weitere Entwaldung im Amazonas auszudrücken. OPEN LETTER SIGNATORIES OPEN LETTER PDF DOWNLOAD OPEN LETTER AN OPEN LETTER THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES 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. SIGNATORIES
  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
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