COP27: Brazil presents a project that can restore degraded areas | world and science

The initiative is from the Ministries of Environment, Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, the Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA), the World Bank and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and was presented on the sixth day of the twenty-seventh. Climate Conference of Nations (COP27), which is taking place in Egypt.

“In all, there will be more than R$130 million (US$25 million) funded from the Food Systems Impact, Land Use and Reclamation Program (Folur). The Strands project will reach more than 47 million hectares of Cerrado in the states of Bahia, Minas Gerais, Goiás, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul and the Federal District,” as highlighted in the memo of the Ministry of Agriculture.

The project is expected to contribute to combating desertification and restoring degraded areas. According to the Ministry’s Assistant Secretary of Trade and International Relations, Fernando Zellner, in addition to being an opportunity to implement low-carbon agriculture, the project shows international partners that when there is financial support, it is possible to multiply this in terms of private investment and results. For Brazil, today was a great result.

The Director of Climate Management at the Ministry of Agriculture, Mariana Maia, who also runs the Vertentes project nationwide, points out that this action has a significant social, economic and environmental impact. “It is bold in its objectives, because it is concerned with the entire chain of sectors. The proposal for sustainable development of soybeans and beef affects the entire production chain, ”said Mariana.

CNA Sustainability Coordinator Nelson Filho added that Brazil has both technological and environmental assets, demonstrating the country’s great potential to achieve low-carbon agriculture linked to projects that combine adaptation and mitigation.

“We will incorporate better technologies and procedures so that the rural producer can guarantee the Brazilian product, in all its chains, a very important additional element, which, in addition to quality, is sustainability,” said Nelson Filho.

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