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On May 20, 2021, lawyers and researchers from the Environmental Law and Political Ecology Research Group (GPDA, acronym in Portuguese) of the Federal University of Santa-Catarina, filed a lawsuit in the Federal Court at Florianópolis (Brazil) seeking recognition of the lagoon "Lagoa da Conceição" as a subject of rights and the development of new structures of socio-ecological governance in respect of the ecological integrity of this ecosystem. GPDA is representing the civil society organizations “ONG Costa Legal,” “Associação Florianopolitana das Entidades Comunitárias,” and “Associação Pachamama".
The legal action is a response to years of organized irresponsibility and neglect of the environment in the region (...)
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