Roulette at federal environmental council

In late May, the government dismantled the National Environmental Council (CONAMA), reducing seats for NGOs and civil society representatives and excluding ICMBio from the composition of the council. Then on July 17th, the Ministry of Environment promoted a sortition (labelled as a ‘roulette’ by civil society) to choose NGO and other representatives to sit at the Council. Before May’s decree, representatives were chosen by participative elections and the council had a total of 96 seats; now there are only 23, a 77% reduction. Civil Society went from occupying 22 seats to only 4.