PGR demonstrates against tacit approval of mining activities

The Attorney General’s Office (PGR) sent, this Thursday (16), to the Federal Supreme Court (STF) an opinion against the tacit approval of government acts that impact the environment and indigenous lands. The demonstration was attached to the action filed in 2021 by the Sustainability Network. The party contests in the Supreme Court rules of the former command of the Institutional Security Office (GSI) that released mining in the region known as Cabeça do Cachorro, located in São Gabriel da Cachoeira, in Amazonas. A National Mining Agency (ANM) resolution that provides for tacit authorization for the activity if the analysis deadline is not met by the body is also questioned. In the document, the Attorney General of the Republic, Augusto Aras, said that constitutional norms and sector laws determine environmental protection against the exploitation of harmful activities. Thus, Aras defended that the Court make explicit that economic activities that degrade the environment cannot be tacitly approved. “It is suggested the adoption of an interpretation according to the Constitution, in order to explain that no act that may have an impact on the environment or indigenous lands shall be subject to tacit approval by the public authorities”, opined Aras. The process is reported by Minister Nunes Marques. There is no deadline for decision.

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