The sentence is directed against the federal government, foreign states, national and transnational organizations and companies, in an objective and shared manner, “for their contribution to the commission of economic and ecological crimes, described as transgressors of the system, which generated serious violations of human rights fundamental humans and the environment.

For Deborah Duprat, former deputy attorney general of the Republic, Jair Bolsonaro, governors and agribusiness giants, designated as the main beneficiaries of the violations of the law, were summoned for the first time in December 2021 and, more recently, on June 26th of the current year.

However, they did not respond to the summons, even given the seriousness of the evidence presented. “We live in a time in the country of data erasure and the campaign had that ability to generate information,” Duprat said.

The accusation points to Japan and the European Union, among others, as responsible for the massive purchase of raw materials produced at the expense of the destruction of the Cerrado. The International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization and, in particular, the World Bank, were also condemned for promoting and legitimizing neoliberal reforms that deepen ecocide (destruction of the environment, especially intentionally) and cultural genocide.

Cerrado, the second largest biome in Brazil, extends over more than two million square kilometers of national territory, roughly equivalent to 24 percent of Brazil, and has lost more than half of its original vegetation, a process that has been accelerating in the last 20 years, with losses greater to those in the last century.

According to the MapBiomas project, an initiative of the Climate Observatory (a network of 37 civil society entities to discuss climate change), 26.5 million hectares were destroyed from 1985 to 2020 and 99 percent of the area was destined to agricultural and cattle industry.

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