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Brazil must not weaken environmental planning rules

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  1. Jean Paul Metzger

    1. University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

  2. Gabriela Marques di Giulio

    1. University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

  3. Letícia Veras Costa-Lotufo

    1. University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

  4. Simone Aparecida Vieira

    1. State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.

Last week, Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved a bill that weakens environmental protections. It alters the process that determines whether infrastructure projects should be prohibited on environmental grounds.

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Nature 643, 913 (2025)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-02319-x

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