- Colombia and Brazil conform to work collectively on the worldwide fund for the safety of forests, financially recognizing international locations that shield them.
- Brazil will help Colombia as a strategic companion to attain high-level illustration at COP16, which is able to happen from October 21 to November 1 in Cali.
- Colombia and Brazil will set up a gathering on the United Nations to strengthen the alliance of the 17 most biodiverse international locations on the earth.
Bethlehem (Brazil), July 29, 2024. (Minambienteco) – On the finish of her tour in Brazil, the Minister of Surroundings and Sustainable Growth of Colombia, Susana Muhamad, gave an outline of her participation within the occasion ‘Amazon Ceaselessly’, during which she met with the Ministers of Surroundings and Finance of the Amazonian international locations, in addition to with high-ranking worldwide officers, together with the President of the IDB (Worldwide Growth Financial institution), Ian Goldfajn; the Secretary of the Treasury of the USA, Janet Yellen; and the Secretary of the ACTO (Amazon Cooperation Treaty Group), Vanessa Grazziotin, with a view to work on strategic collaboration for the safety and sustainability of the Amazon.
Muhamad careworn the significance of strengthening strategic relations with Brazil, the host nation of the occasion. “We’ve got come to Brazil with Overseas Minister Murillo to deepen our strategic relationship with this basic nation,” stated the minister. “Do not forget that, in the course of the subsequent two years, there are two environmental years for Latin America, COP16 on Biodiversity in Cali, Colombia, and COP30 on Local weather, Belém de Pará, within the Amazon, in December 2025, right here in Brazil,” she careworn.
Inside this framework, vital agreements have been reached between the collaborating international locations. Firstly, it was agreed to work collectively on the fund for the safety of the world’s forests. This initiative will financially recognise international locations that shield and preserve their forests, thus encouraging forest conservation at a world degree.
Colombia and Brazil can even host a gathering of the 17 most biodiverse international locations on the earth on the United Nations Meeting, which is able to happen in New York in September. This assembly will search to construct an alliance and visibility of the pursuits of biodiverse international locations, highlighting the significance of organic variety in worldwide agendas. “Brazil can be the president of this coalition in order that we are able to construct an alliance and visibility of our pursuits as biodiversity international locations,” added Muhamad.
As well as, Brazil has dedicated to being a strategic companion for Colombia within the group of COP16 in Cali. This help will embody selling the best attainable illustration of key international locations on the worldwide degree. “We’ve got agreed that Brazil can be a strategic companion of Colombia to attain the best attainable illustration on the highest degree of key international locations at COP16 in Colombia,” stated the minister.
Lastly, Muhamad emphasised the significance of those joint efforts for the safety and sustainability of the Amazon and international biodiversity, reaffirming Colombia’s dedication to the protection of those very important ecosystems.
This occasion marks a major step in the direction of consolidating strategic alliances and strengthening worldwide cooperation for the conservation of the Amazon and international biodiversity, highlighting the significance of regional integration.
