Date
2018-03-14
Measure
Bolsonaro's speach - made while he was still a Federal Congressman (more information here)
Impact
In his speech, Bolsonaro condemned the alleged "excess" of environmental fines and argues that, if elected President, he would unite the Ministry of the Environment with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply.
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Date
2018-07-13
Measure
Bolsonaro's speech - made while he was still a Federal Congressman and potential runner for Presidency (more information here)
Impact
In his speech, he promised to open indigenous lands and quilombos to mining operations, allowing even the sale of these lands.
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Date
2018-09-03
Measure
Bolsonaro's speech - made while he was still a Federal Congressman and potential runner for Presidency (more information here)
Impact
In his speech, he says that, if elected, he can take Brazil out of the Paris Agreement, because he believes it affects national sovereignty.
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Date
2018-09-30
Measure
Bolsonaro's speech - made while he was still a Federal Congressman and potential runner for
Presidency (more information here)
Impact
In his speech, he says that indigenous rights and environmental public policies make Brazil's
development more difficult to happen.
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Date
2018-10-09
Measure
Bolsonaro's speech - made while he was still a Federal Congressman and potential runner for Presidency (more information here)
Impact
Jair Bolsonaro says that, if elected, he intends to end what he has termed "xiita environmental activism" and end the "industry of demarcating indigenous lands." He also reaffirmed that he would merge the Ministries of Environment and Agriculture, and criticized ICMBio and Ibama inspectors over the issuing of environmental fines, suggesting that he will change the legislation to protect individuals who commit crimes.
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Date
2018-11-05
Measure
Bolsonaro's TV interview, after he was elected (more information here)
Impact
Once elected, he affirms in a TV interview that there will "no longer be demarcation of indigenous lands in Brazil.
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Date
2018-12-01
Measure
Bolsonaro's speech, after he was elected (more information here)
Impact
He criticizes environmental control and management agencies, saying that they issue "fines left and right". He added: "I will no longer admit that Ibama and ICMBio go around fining people left, right, and centre. This party is going to end."
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Date
2018-12-10
Measure
Speech of the, at the time, soon to be Minister of Environment, Ricardo Salles (more information here)
Impact
Ricardo Salles criticizes the data from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE). According to him there is not enough data to talk about deforestation in Brazil: "The data is very generic, we don't know if deforestation is happening inside conservation units, inside indigenous lands, in private areas, in a higher or lower percentage than the legal reserve surplus".
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Date
2018-12-13
Measure
Bolsonaro's speech on his social networks (more information here)
Impact
During a live broadcast on social networks, Jair Bolsonaro said that if he does not change the Paris agreement, Brazil would be out of the deal. The then president-elect reinforces that the agreement can be harmful to national sovereignty and also criticizes the environmental policy, which, according to him, can hinder the country's development.
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Date
2019-03-04
Measure
Speech of the Minister of Mines and Energy,Bento Albuquerque (more information here)
Impact
The Minister of Mines and Energy, Bento Albuquerque, announces in Canada that he plans to allow mining activity on indigenous lands and in border zones. At the event, the audience was made up of investors and executives from mining companies. The package of actions aims to promote the expansion of mining in the country.
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Date
2019-03-13
Measure
Introduction of a norm within the Ministry of Environment (more information here)
Impact
The Minister of the Environment has established a "gag law" for Ibama and ICMBio, prohibiting the agencies from dealing directly with the press. Therefore, interviews and requests for information must be forwarded to the MMA's communication department.
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Date
2019-04-25
Measure
Meeting of the Secretariat for Strategic Affairs of Bolsonaro
Impact
The Secretariat for Strategic Affairs of the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic held a meeting in Belém to present to businessmen a draft of the so-called "Barão do Rio Branco Project", which aims to occupy part of the Amazon. The initiative lists major infrastructure works and investments to leverage activities in the region, which includes areas among the most preserved in the biome.
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Date
2019-04-17
Measure
During the live broadcast, Bolsonaro, accompanied by some Yanomami indigenous people, announced that mining and agribusiness would be allowed on indigenous lands, including the Yanomami. (more information here - page 161)
Impact
The endorsement of Bolsonaro's speech on extractive and mining activity on indigenous lands, combined with the use of the image of indigenous people as if they supported mining, not only strengthens and legitimizes the violent actions of the miners, but also minimizes the overwhelming effects of mining on the lands. indigenous.
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Date
2019-5
Measure
Bolsonaro said it was not fair to criminalize the prospector in Brazil.
(more information here - page 162)
Impact
In the same month that Bolsonaro said that mining activity should not be criminalized, there was a series of violent attacks by miners on Yanomami indigenous lands.
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Date
2019-12
Measure
In December 2019, Bolsonaro claimed that the Yanomami and Raposa Serra do Sol indigenous reserves were twice the size of Rio de Janeiro and became independent in the name of protecting indigenous people. However, the idea was not to protect the indigenous people but to take what is good from the indigenous lands. (more information here - page 162)
Impact
Bolsonaro's speeches, for the most part, belittle the existence and indigenous experience to the detriment of potential minerals that could be mined in the Yanomami indigenous reserve. In the sense that the presence of the Yanomami indigenous people is an obstacle to mining.
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Date
2020-02-01
Measure
The Government presented legislation to Congress, Bill No. 191/2020, which would allow mining and other commercial activities in Indigenous Territories, promising that indigenous peoples would benefit economic activity. (more information here)
Impact
The Bolsonaro government's submission to Congress of Bill 191 triggered an outbreak in mining requests to the National Mining Agency, with the promise of imminent legalization intensifying the scramble for gold and increasing illegal entry into protected territories.
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Date
2021-02-09
Measure
Governor of Roraima allows mining in the state with the use of mercury. (more information
available here)
Impact
Governor Antonio Denarium sanctions a law that allows mining and the use of excavators to extract gold and mercury, a highly polluting substance that miners use to separate metal from waste.