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Membro da Rede: SOS Mata Atlântica
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São Paulo can not afford setbacks in their environmental legislation
Mario Mantovani Contrary to warnings from experts and ignoring the greatest water crisis in the history of São Paulo, São Paulo House approved the Legislative Assembly on 10 December, the bill regulating the 2012 Forest Code in the state. The PL 219/14, authored by deputy Barros Munhoz (PSDB), government leader in the Legislative Assembly, and five other pro-government parliamentarians, now awaits the sanction of the governor Geraldo Alckmin.
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Municipal Plan of the Atlantic Forest, “for more humane and sustainable cities’
Mario Mantovani The water crisis is far from over, but at least a lesson she has been able to give us: the perception of how much we depend on environmental services provided by forests. To have water in quantity and quality, we need to protect native vegetation with rivers, streams and springs that supply reservoirs. And to protect these areas must first recognize how the Atlantic Rainforest is critical to ensure the quality of life and well-being of all.
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Municipalities can take care of themselves rivers and springs?
Malu Ribeiro Despite the water crisis and the evidence on the importance of protecting vegetation in the maintenance of water sources, currently in the House of the Representatives a proposal that threatens native forests and urban green areas.
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Comply with the forest law is an obligation, not ambition
Mario Mantovani Dilma Rousseff revealed, next to the American president, some Brazilian contributions to tackling global warming. But what she put on the table was much more modest than the country can and should do.
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Apresentação feita pelo professor Ricardo Rodrigues em seminário sobre três anos do Código Florestal
Presentation by professor Ricardo Rodrigues Esalq the seminar “Three years of the Forest Code,” which took place in São Paulo […]
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Apresentação da SOS Mata Atlântica em seminário sobre três anos do Código Florestal
Presentation by representative of the SOS Atlantic Forest in the seminar “Three years of the Forest Code,” which took place […]
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St. Paul’s deputies may approve law that exacerbates water crisis
Mario Mantovani - Director of Public Policy at the SOS Atlantic Forest Foundation Amid the greatest water crisis in the history of Sao Paulo, a group of Members seeking approval in the Legislative Assembly bill that regulates deforestation and decreases the Permanent Preservation Areas (PPAs) as riparian forests, accentuating the already critical situation
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always for development
Pedro Luis Passos and Mario Mantovani In the electoral debate, parties blame each other, but without catching a deep and free debate. The policy continues to treat the forest as "obstacle to development", when it should see it as a lever.
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Opinion: Code imbroglio
Mario Mantovani and Marcia Hirota The new Forest Code, which already complete two years, can promote the regularization of 5.2 million rural properties through the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) and carry out the recovery of degraded areas in the country. However, the lack of regulation of the Brazilian Forest Law, which has been stalled since 2012, affect the productive sector, society and country.
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