Cemam filed a motion with the governor of Goiás, Ronaldo Caiado, concerning the application of resources from the State Environment Fund. The agency argues that the resources of the State Environment Fund accounts are the main source of funding for the control, supervision, recovery, protection, and conservation of the state's environmental conditions. Changing this could further endanger the environment in that region.
Currently, Goiás is going through a severe economic crisis. The governor struggles to balance the bills.
In December 2019, Caiado passed a new Environmental Licensing Law. According to the government, this new norm, according to the Secretary of Environment and Sustainable Development (Semad), Andréa Vulcanis, was "historic" because, for her, could put Goiás in broad conditions to become a pole of sustainable development in Brazil.
Now, in January, the same secretary, Andréa Vulcanis, who chairs the State Environment Council, has signed the motion that seeks to protect investments in the environment in Goiás.
