Governor of Mato Grosso highlighted that the measure creates legal uncertainty for hundreds of families and producers
The governor of Mato Grosso, (UB-MT), announced this Tuesday (18) that the Government of will take legal action against President Lula’s decree that expands the demarcation of indigenous lands in the state. The president’s measures were made official during, in . One of these indigenous lands is Manoki, traditionally recognized as covering around 46 thousand hectares, and which had its area expanded to approximately 250 thousand hectares, according to data released by the federal government itself.
According to the governor, the expansion directly violates article 13 of Law 14,701, which prohibits the expansion of already demarcated indigenous lands.
In addition to Manoki, the federal government also approved the Uirapuru Indigenous Land, with approximately 21.6 thousand hectares, and the Estação Parecis Indigenous Land, with approximately 2.1 thousand hectares, both located in productive regions of Mato Grosso.
“I ordered the State Attorney General’s Office to immediately go to court to stop this illegality. We are not discussing the rights of indigenous peoples, which are legitimate, but rather a decree that violates the law, creates legal uncertainty and puts the lives of those who live and produce in these areas at risk”, stated the governor.
Mauro recalled that Mato Grosso currently has 73 demarcated indigenous lands, totaling 15 million hectares, equivalent to 16% of the entire state territory. He reinforced that respect for indigenous peoples must be accompanied by real public policies, such as health, education, assistance and infrastructure, and not just decrees that expand territory without planning and without dialogue with communities and families already established there.
The governor also highlighted that in the Manoki TI region there are hundreds of families and dozens of CARs (Rural Environmental Registries) registered, some of them supported by court decisions, which worsens the situation of land conflict. Furthermore, Mauro highlighted that Mato Grosso is one of the states that most preserves the environment, with 60% of the territory protected, a higher rate than that of several countries that usually demand environmental actions from Brazil.
“Mato Grosso does its part. It preserves, produces and respects the law. It is not by creating problems for thousands of Brazilians in the midst of an international event that we are going to move forward. We want dialogue and respect”, he concluded.
*This text does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Jovem Pan.
