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Controversial land bill to move in the Senate
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The Senate Constitution and Justice Committee will today hold a public hearing to discuss a controversial bill allowing the government to transfer control over coastal land to states, municipalities, or private interests. The legislation passed in the House in February 2022, during the former Jair Bolsonaro administration (which supported it).
What it is. The proposal uses the term “marine land” to denote the areas that could be transferred to states, municipalities, or the private sector. Marine land is defined as an area that borders the sea and is 33 meters from the high tide-mean line of 1831. The high tide-mean line means the average high tide in a given period — the reference for marine land in Brazil was calculated in 1831.
- Therefore, everything located within this coastal strip — such as beaches, dunes, mangroves and...