The original right of traditional indigenous occupation is provided for in the 1988 Federal Constitution, which guarantees permanent possession for these peoples.
The wildfire in Mato Grosso do Sul has been contained, the state’s fire brigade reported. The recent rainfall contributed to the agents’ efforts in one of the planet’s richest and most diverse ecosystems.
The state governments of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul have decreed a state of emergency due to fires in the northern region of the pantanal, one of Brazil’s six biomes, located in the country’s Central-West region.
The magnitude of the burned area in the Pantanal until September 27 confirms that this has been an atypical year not just for the biome, but for the whole region.
A recently approved $250 million loan from Washington-based World Bank will aim to promote fiscal and environmental sustainability in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.
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