To identify violators, BNDES has used state-of-the-art satellite imaging in partnership with MapBiomas. Offending landowners will be required to show compliance and to repair the damage.
Last month, Minister of Education Camilo Santana reported the new values should exceed the inflation accrued since the last rise six years ago, but did not say by how much. President Lula will make the announcement at a ceremony in Brasília today.
The value is equivalent to 12% of the average amount paid by households. The costs paid by consumers are now listed on the portal of the national electricity authority.
Minister of Defense said that Brazil invests 1.19 percent of its GDP to equip and maintain the Armed Forces. The rate is below the one observed in Colombia (3%), Ecuador (2.4%), Uruguay (2.2%), Chile (1.9%), and Bolivia (1.5%).
The total estimated costs for the project( BRL 1 billion) were submitted to Infrastructure Minister Tarcísio Freitas, who also spoke during the Brazil’s President live broadcast.
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