Wednesday – 13/01/2016
THE MAN AND THE RIVER Many affected people are not even considered due to legal problems, or even lack of registration with the government. Many live off fishing, feed on fish and depend on them, but if there is no record with the government of their economic dependence on fishing (that is, if they are not recognized professional fishermen), no assistance is provided... the river belongs to those registered in some file, in some virtual folder... Nevertheless, what is most shocking, in this small town of Conselheiro Pena, is the total absence of assistance related to the disaster that has occurred.
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This isolation prevents them from gaining any direct measure of response or even an understanding of their rights, placing them in a condition of great socioenvironmental vulnerability.
