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Brazil's Pão de Açúcar zipline project remains suspended after court ruling
The Tribunal Regional Federal da 2ª Região (TRF‑2) denied the request by Companhia Caminho Aéreo Pão de Açúcar (CCAPA) to suspend the annulment of the environmental licence for installing a zipline at the Pão de Açúcar tourist complex in Rio de Janeiro. The decision was issued by federal judge Luiz Norton Baptista de Mattos.
The court upheld a prior ruling of the 20ª Vara Federal that resulted from a civil public action filed by the Ministério Público Federal (MPF) challenging the licence originally granted by the Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (Iphan). The judgment orders CCAPA to submit a recovery plan for the degraded area within 60 days, to remove provisional structures and residues, and to pay a collective moral‑damage indemnity of R$ 30 million.
CCAPA argued that the works were practically completed and that suspension harms tourism and the company’s economics, but the judge noted that economic damages are recoverable and that no concrete proof of irreparable harm was shown.
Entities
Companhia Caminho Aéreo Pão de Açúcar · Companhia Caminho Aéreo Pão de Açúcar (CCAPA) · Desembargador federal Luiz Norton Baptista de Mattos · Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (IPHAN) · Luiz Norton Baptista de Mattos · Ministério Público Federal (MPF) · Sugarloaf Mountain (Pão de Açúcar) · Tribunal Regional Federal da 2ª Região (TRF-2) · Tribunal Regional Federal da 2ª Região (TRF‑2)
Claims
What the coverage asserts, and how many sources carry each claim.
- [● 3 SOURCES] CCAPA claimed the zipline works were practically completed before the suspension. diariodorio.com · www.araucarianoar.com.br · destakjornal.com.br
- [● 20 SOURCES] TRF‑2 denied CCAPA's request to suspend the annulment of the zipline environmental licence at Sugarloaf Mountain. diariodorio.com · www.araucarianoar.com.br · destakjornal.com.br · diariopernambucano.com.br · ejornais.com.br · +15 more
- [● 3 SOURCES] The court ordered CCAPA to pay R$ 30 million in collective moral damages. diariodorio.com · www.araucarianoar.com.br · destakjornal.com.br
- [● 3 SOURCES] The court ordered CCAPA to submit a recovery plan within 60 days, including removal of provisional structures and residues. diariodorio.com · www.araucarianoar.com.br · destakjornal.com.br
- [● 3 SOURCES] The Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (Iphan) had originally granted the licence. diariodorio.com · www.araucarianoar.com.br · destakjornal.com.br
- [● 3 SOURCES] The licence had been nullified after a civil public action filed by the Ministério Público Federal. diariodorio.com · www.araucarianoar.com.br · destakjornal.com.br
- [● 3 SOURCES] The judge stated that economic damages are recoverable and no concrete proof of irreparable harm was shown. diariodorio.com · www.araucarianoar.com.br · destakjornal.com.br
- [● 3 SOURCES] Federal Judge Luiz Norton Baptista de Mattos issued the decision. diariodorio.com · www.araucarianoar.com.br · destakjornal.com.br