The argument that today there are 30,000 environmental license standards in Brazil and that it is necessary to wipe them down is a fallacy, according to Suely Araújo, former president of Ibama (Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources) and Policy Coordinator of the Climate Observatory).
This is one of the allegations used by advocates to defend the proposal, which should be voted in the House of Representatives next week.
“It’s actually a data distortion and can be classified as fake news,” says Araújo.
She states that the origin of this data is a footnote that appears in a 2013 report of CNI (National Confederation of Industry), which mentions “more than 27,000 federal and state environmental standards”, in reference to a survey by a consulting firm.
“However, the number presented includes all legal acts related to the Union’s environmental policy, 27 states and the Federal District – not only those specific to the survey considers rules of all environmental legislation, including even administrative acts without normative force, such as ordinances that institute working groups,” Araújo continues.
“Therefore, the repeated mention of the ’30 thousand licensing rules’ does not find technical or legal support and contributes to disinform the public debate about the complexity of the licensing system in the country,” he adds.
Araújo is part of the group of environmentalists, which is diametrically contrary to the project, as well as the Minister of the Environment ,.
Already agribusiness, industry and government folders (PT) – like Casa Civil, agriculture, transport and mines and energy – are favorable.
The proposal simplifies the rules of environmental licensing in Brazil and increases penalties for those who fail to comply with them.
Among the most controversial points are the LAC (license for adhesion and commitment), granted by the promise of compliance with previous requirements established by control bodies, and LAE (Special Environmental License), accelerated and rare analysis process for projects considered priority by the government.
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