COP30 Amazônia Hosts Brasília Seminar on Forest Preservation and Bioeconomy Today

Overview

• The fourth event of the COP30 Amazônia project begins at 9:30 a.m. in Brasília, is open to the public, and streams on O GLOBO’s YouTube channel as well as Valor’s website and social platforms.
• The opening panel, titled “The crucial role of forest restoration in combating the climate crisis,” features Thiago Belote of Brazil’s Environment Ministry, MapBiomas coordinator Tasso Azevedo, and Vale sustainability executive Grazielle Parenti.
• A second discussion addresses how to turn Brazil’s biodiversity into inclusive, responsible business with Marcelo Behar (FGV/FGCD and COP30 envoy team), Francisco de Assis Costa (UFPA/Naea), and Rafael Feltran-Barbieri (WRI Brasil).
• Governors Helder Barbalho of Pará and Gladson Cameli of Acre close the program with a state-level solutions panel, and a brand talk is scheduled with Philip Morris Brasil CEO Branko Svarlic.
• Organized by O GLOBO, Valor and CBN, the series highlights UN data showing 4.1 billion hectares of global forests with Brazil holding 12%, alongside MapBiomas findings of a Bolivia-sized loss of Brazilian natural areas over 40 years; sponsors include Eletrobras, JBS, Vale, Philip Morris Brasil, plus support from Acre and Pará governments, BNDES, Suzano, Vivo, and institutional partners Cebri and Cebds.