Brazil: Government to Require Special Permits to Visit the Amazon

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | May 1st, 2008 | Trackback

The government intends to send Congress a bill within months that will require all foreign visitors to the Brazilian Amazon to obtain a permit to be there or face a whopping fine of 100,000 reals ($60,000). The bill will apply to all foreigners, whether tourists, businesspeople or employees of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Conservative politicians are behind the move which reflects suspicions that foreign NGOs are trying to wrest control of the Amazon’s riches from Brazil under the guise of helping indigenous people or saving the rain forest. The bill is expected to pass and if and when it does, some 60 percent of the country will fall under the new restrictions.

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