280 people were extracted by the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) this Saturday from the vicinity of the National Park yapacanain the state of Amazonas, as part of the beginning of the process of voluntary evacuation of the natural reserve to continue the efforts to maintain the duty and constitutional right to protect the environment.
The information was released by the head of the Strategic Operational Command of the FANB (Ceofanb), Domingo Hernández Lárez, who through his account on the social network Twitter detailed that the extraction of the people who were continuing to live began. in the vicinity of the national park.
“The process of voluntary evacuation of the Yapacana National Park begins! Two hundred eighty (280) people were extracted from the vicinity of the Yapacana National Park voluntarily, adding to the duty and constitutional right of environmental protection,” the Chief of Ceofanb published on Twitter.
humanitarian aid tasks
The head of Ceofanb, Domingo Hernández Lárez, indicated that among the tasks that the FANB will carry out, after the evacuation of people from the natural reserve, is to carry out humanitarian aid tasks.
“The #FANB as a State institution, it will carry out humanitarian aid tasks as a first measure, eviction and evacuation plan, dismantling of camps, destruction of depredation materials and all those implements such as “mining rafts” and suction pumps that destroy the Hydrographic Basins, considered a social good of humanity”, he added.
After these first tasks, the FANB troops will be deployed to start a reforestation plan in compliance with the nation’s 5th Historical Objective, Hernández Lárez emphasized.
He recalled that natural reserves “are considered within national legislation as protection zones with a Special Administration Regime”, therefore “Hydrographic Basins and their rivers are protected throughout the national territory, constituting irreplaceable water reservoirs for the life, human well-being and social development”.
“Natural Parks are considered within national legislation as protection zones with a Special Administration Regime. Likewise, the Hydrographic Basins and their rivers are protected throughout the national territory, constituting irreplaceable water reservoirs for life, human well-being and social development. They are fundamental resources for national and global well-being, therefore their protection is a citizen obligation with the active participation of society to guarantee their conservation. The #FANB as a State institution, it will carry out humanitarian aid tasks as a first measure, eviction and evacuation plan, dismantling of camps, destruction of depredation materials and all those implements such as “mining rafts” and suction pumps that destroy the Hydrographic Basins, considered a social good of humanity. Finally, upon completion of these stages, a reforestation plan will begin in compliance with the 5th Historical Objective of the nation, ”he said on Twitter.
Law will prevail over customs
For the Chief of Ceofanb, the territory of the Amazon National Parks must be preserved and protected, so that “ignorance of the law does not excuse its compliance.”
In this sense, he ratified that “the law will prevail over the customs” of groups that seek to undermine the natural reservoirs of the national territory.
Likewise, Hernández Lárez reiterated that all these actions are carried out in compliance with the orders of the Commander-in-Chief of the FANB and constitutional President, Nicolás Maduro.
“Ignorance of the law does not excuse its compliance. Environmental protection is established in the legal framework and territorial ordering as a citizen’s right and duty. The law will prevail over customs. The territory of the Amazon National Parks must be preserved and protected. The voluntary evacuation stage begins in all the mines in Amazonas state with the support of the #FANB and #OSC in compliance with the orders of the Commander in Chief of the FANB and constitutional President @NicolasMaduro urging the fulfillment of the 5th historical objective of the Homeland. We are still in time to preserve life and the human species on the planet, setting an example in the great Homeland of Bolívar and Chávez, ”he said on the social network.
Venezuela: Rule of Law and Justice
Hernández Lárez stressed that “Venezuela, as a democratic State of law and justice, has solid legislation for the protection of the environment.”
He noted that “the Environmental Criminal Law defines crimes and establishes sanctions for those who cause substantial damage to the quality of the air, soil, water, and natural resources.”
The legal instrument applies to natural and legal persons who commit this type of crime in the territory of the Republic.
On the other hand, Commander Hernández Lárez indicated that the FANB has started a citizen awareness and conviction campaign in the “La 40” mine of the Yapacana National Park, in line with the duties and rights of citizens, as well as the 5th Historical Objective of the nation for the salvation of the planet and the human species.
