Brazil will hold, in August, Regional Summit on the Amazon

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela will participate in the meeting. The document will be delivered by Brazilian authorities to the 193 Member States during the general debate of the UN General Assembly, which takes place in September.

Preservation and development

In one interview with UN News, Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira reiterated the goals of mitigating climate change as a central theme of foreign policy.

“Zero illegal deforestation by 2028, recovery of millions of hectares of degraded land and, of course, continuation of a strong and important agricultural production policy like the one we have. We can increase, almost double, the agricultural production we have. Brazil is one of the largest food exporters in the world, but we can double production without needing an extra hectare or cutting down a single tree. We will increase production by recovering new areas for planting and degraded lands that had been mistreated, abandoned and exploited without any reference or control.”

Considering the relevance of Amazon In the global discussion on climate and forests, the minister recalled that the enormous biodiversity is a significant part of Brazil, but regional cooperation is essential.

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Sustainable development

“A meeting, a summit of member countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty organization are eight countries in South America that have Amazonian territories. To precisely assess the issue of cooperation and sustainable development in the Amazon region. He (President Lula da Silva) intends to bring the result of this summit here to open the general UN debate in September, presenting the results. This will be in preparation for a common position of the Amazon countries, which are those that have sovereignty over the forest. We want to preserve it for ourselves and for the world.”

Brazil confirmed its candidacy to host the 30th United Nations Conference on Climate Change, to be held in two years. For the authorities, the event will demonstrate the role of environmental leadership, which is being resumed.

Brazil presents Belém's candidacy to host COP30

The Lula government chose the city of Belém, in Pará, as a candidate to host the UN Climate Conference (COP30), which will be held in 2025. The announcement was made this Wednesday (11), after a meeting between the president and the governor of Pará, Helder Barbalho (MDB). According to Lula, the candidacy has already been formalized by Itamaraty. However, the final decision should only be announced during COP28, at the end of this year.

(With UN)

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