In November 14, 2017, the Ministry for Environment of Brazil and the Legal Amazon State Governors Forum, besides the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany (BMZ), the Amazon Fund and the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), invited governments, private sector and civil society to discuss the challenges and the opportunities to achieve the Amazon sustainable development. This report summaries the participation of the Amazon-Bonn speakers.
Indigenous Lands, Protected Areas, and Slowing Climate Change
Indigenous Lands, Protected Areas, and Slowing Climate Change
Forest clearing and degradation account for roughly 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions, more than all the cars, trains, planes, ships, and trucks on earth. This is simply too big a piece of the problem to ignore; fail to reduce it and we will fail to stabilize...