In a move that shocked environmentalists, the state government of Mato Grosso has given up a legal battle to protect a state park located in one of the Brazilian Amazon's most biodiverse areas.
In this July 22, 2019 photo provided by Rodrigo Vargas, a black hawk sits on a tree in Cristalino II State Park in the state of Mato Grosso, in Brazil. In a move that shocked environmentalists, the government of Brazil's third-largest state gave up on a legal battle to protect the state park located in one of the Amazon's most biodiverse areas. Now the park will be officially dissolved, its press office confirmed to The Associated Press.
The state government did not appeal that decision, leaving it to become final. Now the park will be officially dissolved, the government press office confirmed to The Associated Press. Legal proceedings often stretch for many years in Brazil. If convicted in the Pará case, Vilela could be sentenced to more than 200 years in prison. He could be fined more than $60 million.
Mato Grosso, Brazil’s largest soybean-producing state, is run by governor Mauro Mendes, a pro-agribusiness politician and ally of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly said Brazil has too many protected areas and vowed not to create more of them.
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