Government of Pará requests Ibama to extend deadline for owners whose areas were remotely embargoed
Governor of Pará requested an additional 30 days for rural producers to present documents proving environmental compliance
On Wednesday (28), in Brasília, Governor Helder Barbalho formally requested the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) to extend the deadline by an additional 30 days for approximately 1,800 owners of rural units whose areas were embargoed by the Institute at the beginning of this month to present a defense aimed at ensuring the release of their lands.
This measure is one of the outcomes of the governor's meeting with the Minister-Chief of the Institutional Relations Secretariat, Gleisi Hoffmann, which took place on May 7. At that time, Helder was at the Palácio do Planalto to discuss the remote embargo, by public notice, applied to properties in seven municipalities in Pará, with a determination to remove livestock within 30 days.
The head of the state executive argued that measures with a strong socioeconomic impact should be taken based on technical criteria and individualized analyses, avoiding generalized decisions that could compromise regular producers or those with ongoing land and environmental regularization processes.
In addition to the coordination with Minister Gleisi, the Government of Pará also held meetings with the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva, and with the presidency of Ibama, reinforcing the state administration's commitment to ensuring the rights of producers.
“We are forwarding to the Ministry of Environment and to Ibama the request for the extension of the 30-day deadline, which was included in the notices and which, remotely, identified the area of vegetation suppression, which embargoed more than 1,800 rural units. This deadline is coming to an end, and we need it to be extended by another 30 days, to allow all rural producers to present, either to Semas or to Ibama, the documentation for vegetation suppression authorization and, with that, be able to release these areas,” explained Helder Barbalho.
The letter with the request was delivered to the director of Environmental Protection at Ibama, Jair Schmitt, by the Secretary of Environment of Pará, Raul Protázio.
The governor emphasized that the state's intention is to ensure that producers within the law have their right to defense guaranteed.
“These are notices that cover the municipalities of Altamira, São Félix do Xingu, Itaituba, Novo Progresso, Mojuí dos Campos, Portel, and Pacajá. We want to ensure that those who are legal have their rights preserved. And, of course, that those who committed illegalities face the appropriate consequences. Thus, we reconcile production with legality. Those who are legal can produce with legal security. Those who are not will be held accountable. This is how Pará advances towards sustainable development,” he emphasized.
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