Update your Cookie Settings to use this feature.
Click 'Allow All' or just activate the 'Targeting Cookies'
By continuing you accept Avaaz's Privacy Policy which explains how your data can be used and how it is secured.
Got it
English
Start a Petition

Brazil: Stop the 'devastation bill'

Please check your email to confirm your email address and validate your signature
Close
Well done! Your profile has been updated.
Close
Close

Just to be sure

Would you like to receive Avaaz emails and agree that Avaaz may use your data and campaign actions to tell you about other campaigns, fundraisers and events?
Would you like to receive Avaaz emails and agree that Avaaz may use your data and campaign actions to tell you about other campaigns, fundraisers and events?
Sign the petition

To President Lula and all Brazilian officials:

The future of humanity and the health of our planet are at stake: everyone, everywhere needs you to do everything in your power to preserve the Amazon and all Brazil's ecosystems. We call on you to:
  • Veto the 'devastation bill' and any other anti-environmental legislation passed by Congress;
  • Protect Indigenous Peoples and safeguard their rights to their lands; and,
  • Hold private companies accountable for illegal encroachment on protected lands.
Enter your email address:
Logged User Icon Not you? Click here.
By continuing you agree to receive Avaaz emails. Our Privacy Policy will protect your data and explains how it can be used. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Recent signers

 Brazil: Stop the 'devastation bill'

Campaign Update: 
  • We did it! Together, we took our call straight to the Presidential Palace — and our collective voice was impossible to ignore. Our support was crucial in showing that this legislation tramples everything we hold dear: from the Amazon’s forests, to the protection of Indigenous Lands, and more.
  • On August 8th, President Lula listened — vetoing 63 dangerous provisions of the Devastation Bill. But the fight isn’t over: Congress will now review the vetoes and decide whether they stand or fall. We’ll need to rise up again, louder than ever. Stay tuned — and be ready to mobilize!

Original Campaign Text: 
Brazil's Congress just passed the most destructive anti-environmental bill in Brazilian history.

3,000 territories – including more than one third of all Indigenous lands – are losing the legal protections that have fended off full-scale exploitation for decades.

It's open season on the Amazon, and the Minister of the Environment herself said it's a 'death blow' to Brazil's climate ambitions.

But President Lula can veto this 'devastation bill'. He is working to make Brazil a global leader, which means his international image matters – he will listen to our voices.

He only has a few days to act.

If he won't use his power, we lose one of the last remaining restraints on the full-scale destruction of the Amazon. Lula once committed to being a climate champion. A global outcry now can give him the backing he needs to stand up to Congress – and finally, truly become that champion.

Sign now, and we will deliver our collective call directly to Lula's team!

Photo Credit: Ricardo Stuckert / PR
Posted:

Tell Your Friends