Opposition
Senator Randolfe Rodrigues called the decision the “biggest attack
on the Amazon of the last 50 years,” according to O Globo
newspaper.
A Wednesday
decree from Brazil's right-wing president Michel Temer abolished a
sprawling nature reserve in the Amazon rainforest covering 4.6
million hectares (17,800 square miles), an area larger than Denmark,
opening it up to commercial activity.
The
ecologically rich and delicate area, known as the National Reserve of
Copper and Associates, or Renca, is believed by prospectors to
contain enormous reserves of gold, iron, manganese, and other
minerals.
The Renca
reserve has existed since 1984 with the intention of protection the
area from mining activities which would harm ecological diversity,
wildlife, as well as indigenous communities.
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