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Brazil Amazon forest reclassification

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In mid‑July 2026 the Brazilian Senate fast‑tracked PL 2.486/2026, cutting the Jamanxim National Forest in Pará by roughly 40 % (about 486,000 ha) and reclassifying the area as an Environmental Protection Area that permits agriculture and mining. Lawmakers framed the change as regularising long‑standing occupations and supporting the Ferrogrão railway, while NGOs warned it could accelerate illegal deforestation and land‑grabbing. A report on 24 July confirmed that the bill had The measure moved to President Luiz Inácio Lula for signature, echoing earlier coverage of the pending executive sign‑off and confirming its advance toward law. At the broader wave of Amazon‑region legislation, including same time, Colombia’s newly elected Congress began debating four new Colombian Amazon‑region environmental bills on – regulating small‑scale mining, a fracking ban, banning fracking, strengthening river protection and agrarian jurisdiction. The Colombian environment minister highlighted creating an Agrarian Jurisdiction – amid a 146.5 % rise in deforestation in national parks between 2023 and 2024, underscoring regional concerns. On 27 July Brazil also announced parallel an armed attack that left three dead in the Saracure Río Cada reserve. In Brazil, separate conservation initiatives: a 20‑hectare initiatives were announced. In Maranhão, researchers and ICMBio are restoring 20 ha of Cerrado and restinga restoration near the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, and while in Rio de Janeiro a proposal seeks to expand the Área de Relevante Interesse Ecológico Floresta da Cicuta in Rio de Janeiro from 131 to 1,231 ha and redesignate it as a wildlife refuge. The Jamanxim reduction was reiterated in this context, with references to historic fire incidences that have plagued the reserve. Environmental groups Critics continue to stress warn that the combined Jamanxim reclassification could legalise illegal land grabs and accelerate forest loss, even as other legislative and development agenda threatens restoration efforts aim to protect Amazonian ecosystems ecosystems. The situation now combines the pending Jamanxim reclassification, parallel Amazon‑region policy moves in Colombia, and could hasten forest loss. new Brazilian conservation projects, all intensifying debate over the future of the rainforest.

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