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The senators who are part of the commission created to monitor the fires in the Pantanal want Vice President Hamilton Mourão and the ministers Ricardo Salles (Environment), Tereza Cristina (Agriculture) and Rogério Marinho (Regional Development) to attend the areas affected by the fires.
According to Senator Simone Tebet (MDB-MS), invitations to the authorities should be formalized next week. There is no date for the trip yet.
The federal government recognized the emergency situation in Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso due to the fires. With this, states will be able to reinforce prevention and fight against outbreaks, as well as maintain public services in the areas affected by the fire.
On the last day 9, the area affected by the fires increased from 2 million hectares.
The Minister of Regional Development, Rogério Marinho, met this Tuesday (15) with the Governor of Mato Grosso do Sul, Reinaldo Azambuja (PSDB), and announced the release of R $ 3.8 million for fire fighting actions. reaching the state.
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This Saturday (19), the president of the Senate Committee, Wellington Fagundes (PL-MT), and other members will fly over the chimneys in Mato Grosso.
Among the cities to be visited is Poconé, which is 102 kilometers from the capital Cuiabá. Parliamentarians will also meet with teams working in the area and speak with scientists, organizations, and farm and inn owners.
These “due diligence” activities were approved during a collegiate meeting last Wednesday (16).
The Rede party presented on Thursday (17) to the Federal Supreme Court (STF) an action in which it requests, among other measures, that the Court determine the federal government that:
- present, within 10 days, a plan for preventing and fighting fires in the Pantanal and the Amazon;
- send, within a period of five days, a working group to the regions to act in the fight against the spread of fires and the rescue of animals;
- assign firefighting equipment and food baskets to local residents, with special attention to indigenous peoples and quilombolas.
The legend also calls for the recognition of “the unconstitutionality of Brazilian environmental management”, especially in the Pantanal and Amazon biomes.
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