The presidents and heads of delegation of the forest countries, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru Indonesia, Suriname, Venezuela, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines released on the last day of the Amazon Summit, held this Wednesday (9), the communiqué “United for Our Forests – Joint Communiqué of Developing Forest Countries in Belém“.
In the document, the Amazonian countries that make up the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) demand financial aid from developed countries for the development of action plans and forest preservation strategies.
At the end of the Summit, the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, gave a press conference and recalled that the Declaration of Belém released on Tuesday (8), reinforces the objective of strengthening ACTO through regional cooperation.
“It will be essential to have a strengthened ACTO, with regular meetings of presidents and authorities, increased social participation through the Amazonian Mechanism of Indigenous Peoples and the institutionalization of the Amazonian Parliament”, said the President of Brazil.
From ACTO, the second day of the Summit was attended by the Secretary General of ACTO, Alexandra Moreira; the Executive Director, Carlos Lazary and the Administrative Director and responsible for forestry, Carlos Salinas.
ited for Our Forests: Joint Communiqué of Developing Forest Countries in Belém
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Published in Aug 09, 2023 12:59 PM
We, the Presidents and Heads of Delegation of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Guyana, Indonesia, Peru, the Republic of Congo, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Venezuela, gathered in Belém do Pará, on August 9, 2023,
1. Recognize the invaluable contribution of indigenous peoples and local communities as well as women and youth for the conservation of tropical forests.
2. Note that, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR6), "climate change is already impacting tropical forests around the world, including through distributional shifts of forest biomes, changes in species composition, biomass, pests and diseases, and increases in forest fires".
3. Reaffirm our commitment to forest preservation, reducing the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, conserving and valuing biodiversity, and pursuing a just ecological transition, convinced that our forests can be centers of sustainable development and sources of solutions for national and global sustainability challenges, reconciling economic prosperity with environmental protection and social well-being, especially for indigenous peoples and local communities, including through the development of innovative mechanisms that recognize and promote ecosystem functions/services and the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
4. Express our concern regarding the non-fulfillment by developed countries of their commitments to provide official development assistance equivalent to 0.7% of their gross national income, and to provide $100 billion in climate financing per year in new and additional resources to developing countries, and call on developed countries to fulfill their climate financing obligations and to contribute to the mobilization of $200 billion per year by 2030, as set out in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, to support the implementation of national biodiversity action plans and strategies through the provision of new, additional, predictable, and adequate financial resources.
5. We also express our concern regarding the non-fulfillment by some developed countries of their mitigation targets, and reiterate the need for developed nations to take the lead in and accelerate the decarbonization of their economies, achieving greenhouse gas emissions neutrality without delay and preferably before 2050.
6. Noting that international cooperation is the most effective way to support our sovereign commitment to reducing the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, we condemn the adoption of measures to combat climate change and protect the environment, including unilateral ones, that constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination or a disguised restriction on international trade.
7. Reiterate our understanding that the preferential access to forest products in developed countries’ markets will be a significant lever for the economic development of developing countries.
8. We invite other developing countries with tropical forests to engage, in preparation for COP-28 of the UNFCCC and COP-16 of the CBD and other relevant international conferences, in a dialogue, based on solidarity and cooperation, on the topics outlined in this Communiqué.
9. We also call upon other developing countries that hold significant portions of global biodiversity to advocate that our countries must wield more influence over the management of resources allocated to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
10. We take note of different developing country-driven initiatives relevant to the conservation and sustainable use of forest ecosystems, such as the Trilateral Cooperation on Tropical Forest and Climate Action by Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia, and the initiative, by the Republic of Congo, of hosting a Summit of the Three Basins of Biodiversity Ecosystems and Tropical Forests.
CHECK OUT THE ATTENDEES AT THE AMAZON SUMMIT ON AUGUST 09:
FÉLIX-ANTOINE TSHILOMBO, PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
DENIS SASSOU NGUESSO, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO
MARK-ANTHONY PHILLIPS, PRIME MINISTER OF GUIANA
RALPH GONSALVES, PRIME MINISTER OF SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
DELCY RODRÍGUEZ, VICE-PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA
ROGELIO MAYTA , FOREIGN MINISTER OF BOLIVIA
ALVARO LEYVA DURAN, MIN. FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF COLOMBIA
ANA CECILIA GERVASI DIAS, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF PERU
MR. GUSTAVO MANRIQUE MIRANDA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ECUADOR
ALBERT RANDIM, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SURINAME
SULTAN AHMED AL-JABER, PRESIDENT OF COP28
HELDER BARBALHO, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF PARÁ
MORGAN DOYLE, BID REPRESENTATIVE IN BRAZIL
SIMON STIELL, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (UNFCCC)
MARIA HELENA SEMEDO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE FAO
ALESSANDRO GOLOMBIEWSKI TEIXEIRA, SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT BANK
JUAN BELLO, REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, WWFP
ALICIA MONTALVO SANTAMARIA, MANAGER OF CLIMATE ACTION AND POSITIVE BIODIVERSITY AT CAF
ADRIANA GONÇALVES MOREIRA, REGIONAL COORDINATOR FOR LATIN AMERICA OF THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FUND
CARLOS ARBOLEDA, HEAD OF DELEGATION, UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNPD)
BRIGITTE COLLET, AMBASSADOR OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC TO BRAZIL
HANS BRATTSKAR, SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT
MINISTERS OF STATE
MAURO VIEIRA, FOREIGN AFFAIRS
ALEXANDRE SILVEIRA, FROM MINES AND ENERGY
MARINA SILVA, ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
JADER FILHO, CITIES
SILVIO ALMEIDA, HUMAN RIGHTS AND CITIZENSHIP
SÔNIA GUAJAJARA, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
MÁRCIO MACÊDO, FROM THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC
PAULO PIMENTA, FROM THE SECRETARIAT OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATION
DEPUTY SOCORRO NERI, REPRESENTING THE AMAZONIAN PARLIAMENT (PARLAMAZ)
EDMILSON RODRIGUES, MAYOR OF BELÉM
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