It has also committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030.
Brazil’s Environment Minister, Joaquim Leite, assured this Wednesday that his country will eliminate “illegal deforestation” by 2028, while committing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030.
This was stated by the head of the branch in a plenary session of the COP26 climate summit held in Glasgow (Scotland), which, however, the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, has not attended.
“Proactively, we have made it clear that Brazil is part of the solution to meet the global challenge of reducing emissions. Brazil is a giant of nature. Our low-carbon agriculture has already restored almost 20 million hectares of degraded grasslands. “Leite pointed out in his speech.
He also highlighted that up to 16 million hectares of native forests are in the process of recovery, a task that goes hand in hand in the fight against illegal deforestation, one of the main problems facing this country.
“We recognize these challenges and we have been working to address them, to stop illegal deforestation in the Amazon. The government has doubled the resources allocated to federal environmental agencies, and has authorized contracts for 739 new environmental agencies,” explained the minister.
In parallel, he added, the Ministry of Justice has “intensified” control actions on the ground in 23 municipalities, while the Defense Ministry has recently launched “an innovative and much more precise forest surveillance system.” (I)
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