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Brazilian president pledges ‘new Amazon dream’

by admineconai August 9, 2023
written by admineconai August 9, 2023
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Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has pledged to haul the Amazon out of centuries of violence, economic “plundering” and environmental devastation and into “a new Amazon dream”.

Addressing South American leaders gathered in the Brazilian city of Belém t the start of a major regional summit on the world’s largest rainforest, Lula offered a bold blueprint for the future of the Amazon, a 6.7m sq km region that is home to nearly 50 million people spread across eight countries and one territory.

The Brazilian leftist also promised to repair his country’s environmental and international reputation after four “disastrous” years under his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, during which the rainforest and Indigenous communities came under growing attack.

“Thankfully … we have managed to turn this sad page in our history,” said Lula.

The president also pledged to promote an ambitious model for the rainforest region – 60% of which lies within Brazil – in which environmental protection was accompanied by desperately needed social inclusion, economic growth and technological innovation.

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“The rainforest is neither a void that needs occupying nor a treasure trove to be looted. It is a flowerbed of possibilities that must be cultivated,” Lula told the audience, which included the presidents of fellow Amazon nations Bolivia, Colombia and Peru, as well as the prime minister of Guyana and Venezuela’s vice-president.

Pledging to achieve zero deforestation by 2030, Lula said: “The Amazon can be whatever we want it to be: an Amazon with greener cities, with cleaner air, with mercury-free rivers and forests that are left standing; an Amazon with food on the table, dignified jobs and public services that are available to all; an Amazon with healthier children, well-received migrants [and] Indigenous people who are respected … This is our Amazon dream.”

Story was adapted from the Guardian.

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