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9 Апр 2024

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América Economía,
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Brazil: License granted to Brazil Potash is considered irregular by federal prosecutor's office in Manaus

"Brazilian federal authorities question license for a potash mine in the Amazon region", 09 April 2024

...The Brazilian state of Amazonas granted a license to Canadian company Brazil Potash Corp to build Latin America's largest fertilizer mine in the Amazon rainforest, but federal prosecutors said Tuesday it was not legally acceptable.

...[T]he license was issued by his state's environmental protection agency, IPAAM...

Federal authorities say the license must come from the federal environmental protection agency, IBAMA, and not the state's agency, whose government backs the project as it says will generate investments and thousands of jobs.

The federal prosecutor's office in Manaus said in a statement that it considers that the license granted by the IPAAM "is irregular and will adopt the appropriate measures"...

Mura leaders claim the mine overlaps their ancestral lands and want it to be recognized as protected reserve lands. But the demarcation process is pending with the indigenous affairs agency, Funai, and divisions have emerged within the Mura community.

Potash Corp maintains that Mura leaders support the mine.

But five Mura communities and the Amazonas Indigenous Association sent prosecutors letters seen by Reuters rejecting the governor's announcement...

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