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"BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva unveiled a
plan on Monday to end illegal deforestation in the Amazon, a major campaign
pledge that is a critical step in addressing the country’s significant carbon
emissions from the region.
This strategy, set to be implemented over four years, provides a roadmap to
achieve the ambitious goal of halting illegal deforestation by 2030. Lula’s
term ends Jan. 1, 2027, so full implementation would depend on the willingness
of whoever comes after him to continue the work.
On Monday, Lula’s administration also pledged to achieve net zero
deforestation, that is, replanting as much as is cut down, by restoring native
vegetation stocks as compensation for legal vegetation removal.
Brazil is the world’s fifth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, with almost 3%
of global emissions, according to
Climate Watch, an online platform managed
by World Resources Institute. Almost half of Brazil’s carbon emissions come
from deforestation.
Lula announced his government would readjust Brazil’s international commitments
to cut emissions, called Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs, back to
what was promised in 2015 during the Paris Agreement. Brazil committed to
reduce carbon emission by 37% by 2025 and 43% by 2030. Lula’s predecessor,
far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, had scaled back the commitments.
As part of the announcement, Lula increased a conservation unit in the Amazon
by 1,800 hectares (4,400 acres), which frustrated environmentalists. His
government has pledged to prioritize the allocation of 57,000,000 hectares of
public lands without special protection, an area roughly equivalent to the size
of France."
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
