What did he say about the environment?
QuestionWhen discussing his future actions – if elected – regarding the fight against deforestation, the candidate recalled that millions of Brazilians migrated from the South and Northeast to the forest region in response to a request from the military government (from 1964 to 1985) to “integrate so as not to hand over the Amazon” (which would mean protecting it from external threats), but under authorization to deforest for survival. According to Ciro, today, that population does not understand the criminalization of the practice (of deforestation). And that, therefore, “we cannot imagine that only repression solves”.
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During the Military Dictatorship, the then president Castelo Branco encouraged, in 1966, a policy for the Amazon that became known as “integrate to not deliver”system. (BBC Brazil)
Ciro defended Ecological Economic Zoning, that is, defining which activities can be developed and where.
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The candidate reinforced that we must make the rural economy learn that “the forest is worth much more standing than when it is cut down”. That is, sustainable development as an alternative to practices that attack the environment.
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Ciro also defended reforestation and cited the state of Pará, which “has an important part deforested”.
Questioncommented on the short time to carry out the proposals, he stated: “my task is to project Brazil for the next 30 years”.
Regarding the urgency of combating deforestation in Brazilian territory, the candidate stressed: “taking control of Brazilian territory is the first day of my government”.
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“What’s really needed is a firm hand and the handcuffs will work again on the first day of my government, no one can doubt that”, concluded Ciro.
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