Both parties are unhappy for opposite sides of the same reason. Too restrictive says one side, not restrictive enough says the other. Which means that it's the right amount of compromise! Good on the government here. The focus on past offenders is fixing (replanting), not punishment, which bothers environmentalists. I don't care. I'd rather see progress than "justice" (revenge). From here I imagine Brazil's biggest e…
Great comment, I share a lot from your viewpoint. The thing that bothers me most, though, is how bad Brazil's government is at enforcing its law. We're kind of OK at legislating (even though our constitution remain mostly unchanged since '88), but suck at enforcing. That's one reason why there's still a lot of corruption going on in higher spheres.
There have been 73 amendements to the constitution over 28 years. Experts on the subject usually point out that it actually changes too much and too often.