A survey by the Datafolha Institute points out that 86% of the Brazilian population disagrees with President Jair Bolsonaro's plan to open mineral exploration in Indigenous areas.
According to Datafolha, the survey was conducted between June 4 and 6, with 2,088 interviews distributed in 168 municipalities in all regions of the country. The margin of error is plus or minus two percentage points with a confidence level of 95%.
For environmentalists, the president's bill, which aims to release regulation of indigenous land mining, if approved, will increase the number of illegal mines on indigenous land.
A report released in late 2018 by the Amazon Georeferenced Socioenvironmental Information Network (Raisg) identified illegal mining sites in 18 indigenous reserve areas in Brazil.
For the indigenous leader, Almir Suruí, President Jair Bolsonaro's project was done without the participation of traditional populations in the discussion of the project. According to him, the project "is an environmental, social and economic setback in the country. We have not been consulted. We do not know what climate and environmental impacts this activity may have."
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