Decree 1775

Decree 1775

Decree 1775, or the Indian Decree, was signed into Brazilian law by President Fernando Henrique Cardoso on January 8, 1996. The decree set a timetable for demarcation of indigenous lands by FUNAI, the governmental department which deals with indigenous issues. The decree was widely criticized as a political maneuver to benefit commercial logging and mineral interests.

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