This study analyzed legal aspects concerning the invasion of permanent preservation areas by sand mining. A sand mine in the middle Iguaçu river, more exactly in the region of the county of União da Vitória, state of Paraná, was chosen as study case. In this region there is a concentration of mining companies that had been under investigation on behalf of the Ministry for Environment. The invasion of APPs (permanent preservation areas) occurs in all “areais” (sand depositions) in the […]