No Brasil, as emissões de gases do efeito estufa vêm do desmatamento (Vinícius Mendonça/Ibama)
Nathalia Minari, for NINJA Collaborative Coverage at COP26
The second day of the COP26 World Leaders’ Summit (02) was marked by the commitment of more than 100 countries to sign the declaration that seeks to reverse current scenarios of forest loss and soil degradation in a global context until 2030. Altogether, the signatory Conference Parties represent more than 85% of the planet’s forests.
Although against Bolsonaro’s political practices, Brazil is one of the signatory countries of the declaration. While in the global context deforestation is the second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for 23% of emissions in Brazil, such emissions are around 70% of the total.
For its implementation, developed countries will distribute $19.2 billion to those in the development between 2021 to 2025. About $12 billion will come from 12 developed countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, France and Germany. In addition, the private sector will invest $7.2 billion to stop deforestation. Of this, $3 billion will go to Latin American countries, to contain deforestation generated, for example, by the pasture of cattle and soybean plantations in the Amazon.
Although the Brazilian commitment was celebrated by environmentalists and other parties at the COP, indigenous organizations criticized the fact that they were not included and not listened to in the negotiations of the forest agreement. As reported to BBC News Brazil, the indigenous leader Kretã Kaingang, coordinator of the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, said that “the declaration awards resources to the Bolsonaro government and its policy of destruction.
See below what provides the declaration, also called the Forest Deal.
- Conservation of forests and other terrestrial ecosystems and accelerating their restoration
- Trade facilitation and development policies, international and national, that promote sustainability and no degradation of land or deforestation
- Reduction of vulnerability through the improvement of rural livelihoods, empowerment of communities, development of profitable and sustainable agriculture
- Recognizing the multiple values of forests while also recognizing the rights of indigenous peoples as well as local communities
- Implement and, if necessary, redesign agricultural policies and programs to stimulate sustainable agriculture, promoting food security and benefit the environment
- To increase significantly the financing from public and private sources, improving its effectiveness and accessibility, for sustainable agriculture, sustainable forest management, forest conservation and restoration and support for indigenous peoples and local communities
- Facilitate the alignment of financial flows with international goals for reversing forest loss and degradation, sustainable land use, biodiversity and achieving climate goals.
Translated by Fatima Ventura
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