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Maia Filho v IBAMA – Environmental Federal Agency

Pays/Territoire
Brésil
Type de cour
Nationale - cour supérieure
Date
Aoû 25, 2009
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Nom du tribunal
Superior Court of Justice
Siège de la cour
Brasília
Juge
Benjamin H. A.
Numéro de référence
2007/0254811-8
Langue
Portugais (Brésil)
Sujet
Agriculture et développement rural, Air et atmosphère
Résumé

The demandant sough judicial review of the decision that assessed the validity of the penalty imposed to the defendant. The Higher Court upheld that the fine was issued in accordance with the law and, thus, the demandant was responsible for burning 600 hectare of pasture without authorization. Justice Benjamin argued that the phenomenon of climate change justifies a restrictive interpretation of the exceptional permissive rules of fires contained in the federal legislation. He also stated that the burnings, especially in agroindustrial or agricultural business activities, are incompatible with the objectives of environmental protection established in the Brazilian Constitution and in the infraconstitutional environmental norms.

Source:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/litigation/maia-filho-v-ibama-environmental-federal-agency/

Texte intégral
stj-mantem-multa-imposta-ibama-queimadas-autorizacao
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