Bolsonaro joins the declaration of one hundred countries despite the evidence on the damage to the Amazon
One hundred governments around the world, representing more than 85% of the world’s forest area, have pledged in Glasgow to end deforestation by 2030. Signatories include the five with the largest wooded area: Russia, Brazil, Canada, the United States and China. They represent more than half of the area considered forest, which is slightly less than a third of the Earth’s total.
The agreement published by the British Government, which took the initiative together with the United States, highlights financial commitments of more than 10 billion euros, direct donations from London to the countries of the Congo River basin, a package of aid from more than 1,600 million for the protection of indigenous populations and the use of the carbon emissions market to finance protection.
The summit’s central theme is the collaboration of the public sector and private companies to collaborate in the task of containing warming. In this case, it is indicated that the system of regional development banks, created together with the World Bank, after the Second World War, and also private financial institutions clean up their investment portfolios for projects linked to deforestation.
According to the UN Food and Agriculture agency, over the past 30 years, more than four billion hectares of forest have been converted mainly to agricultural land. According to the statement on the agreement, “the equivalent of about 30 football fields is lost every minute.” And cutting down trees, which causes emissions, is followed by a reduction in biodiversity.
The Prime Minister of Russia, Vladimir Putin, the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, and the President of Colombia, Iván Duque, the only one present in Glasgow, succeeded each other – the first two through videos – to underline their new commitment. Putin emphasizing multilateralism, Bolsonaro on his promise to end “illegal” deforestation in ten years.
Duque recalled, sharing the stage with the host prime minister, Boris Johnson, that his country is responsible for 0.6% of greenhouse gas emissions by human society. He claimed the use of “green finance” to “pay for environmental services and for the education of the population.” And he thanked the CEO of the Pacific and the Environment, Zac Goldsmith, for their good work.
Finnish paradise
Goldsmith, who after losing his seat was appointed lord to work in the Government of Johnson, his companion in the elite Eton college, is the son of a late potentate who founded the Referendum Party and nephew of the also deceased editor of a pioneering magazine of the environmentalism. He is considered one of the main drivers of this agreement, according to him, “unprecedented”.
It does have precedents and they failed, although a declaration of this type would never have been endorsed by countries so important in the policy of preserving forests, essential to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere. Details of the deal have to be outlined, perhaps in the next few days. Money will again be a difficult question, because it materializes the contrasts.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo manages 20% of the planet’s mangroves. 33% of your country’s population, 270 million, lives on the edges or in the interior of tropical forests. He assured that his Government has led to a reduction in fires, but has signed an agreement with Johnson to prevent its great commercial asset – palm oil – from continuing to cause deforestation and the loss of diversity.
The Finnish man, Sauli Niinistö, offered others knowledge about forest management in his country, whose population is the happiest on the planet in polls. It will be neutral in emissions in 2035. 75% of the surface is forest. Niinistô described the transition from the exploitation of the forest for wood to the production of food, textiles, parcels, building materials, … planting 150 million trees each year.
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