What is the Amazônia de Pé project?

TODAY IS THE AMAZON DAY

O Amazon Day is celebrated on September 5th and its main objective is to make people aware of the importance of the largest tropical forest in the world, whose biodiversity is connected to life across the planet and has suffered constant attacks. This date was chosen as a way to honor the creation of the Province of Amazonas (currently the State of Amazonas) by D. Pedro II, in 1850.

O Standing Amazon is a popular initiative bill (PLIP) that aims to combat the climate crisis by protecting all public forests in the Legal Amazon, that is, the most attacked lands in the region.

Who created?

The project was prepared by the NGO OUR and had the collaboration of more than 60 other organizations.

Even with all these people involved, signatures from 1,5 million Brazilians are still needed so that the popular bill can be taken to the National Congress and begin to be processed in parliament to become, in fact, a protection law.

How to participate?

Any Brazilian who has a voter registration card can participate and become a co-author of the law. To do this, simply access the website amazoniadepe.org.br, download the form, sign and collect more signatures. 😍

When you want to hand in your form, just go to one of the collection points – spread throughout Brazil – or send it to the campaign mailbox, via post office.

The 1,5 million signatures will be delivered to the National Congress in 2023.

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According to the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), the lands most affected by deforestation and fires in the Amazon forest are undesignated public territories, that is, unused federal lands.

According to Law No. 9.985, created in 2000, these lands should have already been handed over to the entities responsible for conserving them, but for 22 years it has been completely ignored.

The “Amazônia de Pé” project aims to expand the demarcation of indigenous lands, quilombola territories, territories of small extractive producers and new Nature Conservation Units for Sustainable Use. It also seeks to increase punishments for land grabbing, in addition to inactivating irregular registrations on public lands.

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How does deforestation in the Amazon contribute to climate change?

The role played by the planet's forests in absorbing carbon has been a key factor in preventing faster rates of climate change. In this sense, the Amazon – the largest tropical forest in the world – has a fundamental role to play. O Curto explains why protecting the Amazon from rampant deforestation is a matter of survival.

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