The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change reported that the grant should cover three national forests in the southern states of Paraná and Santa Catarina, drawing investments of BRL 430 mi in a 35-year-long contract.
A company paid BRL 1 mi for a 30-year concession of the Chapada dos Guimarães Park, in the cerrado, Brazil’s savanna biome. Investments should add up to BRL 18.5 mi.
The winning company paid the state government BRL 3.5 mi for the concession of the Ibitipoca and Itacolomi parks—nine times the minimum BRL 391.4 thousand.
Interested parties can express themselves until March 16. According to Antaq, the concession period for the port terminal will be 35 years, renewable for another 5 years.
The auctions should be held in the first half of 2022, should the request for proposals and contracts be approved by Brazil's accounting authorities. The concessions are expected cover 39.2 million departures and arrivals—26 percent of passengers in 2019.