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UPDATE 1-Brazil must cut deforestation 15-20% a year to reach 2030 goal, says vice president
Lisandra Paraguassu and Jake Spring
Fri, April 16, 2021, 7:17 AM·2 min read
(Adds context on US-Brazil negotiations)
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Jake Spring
BRASILIA, April 16 (Reuters) - Brazil needs to cut illegal deforestation by between 15% and 20% every year to eliminate it by 2030, Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Friday, referring to a goal set by President Jair Bolsonaro in a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden this week.
Bolsonaro is set to attend a U.S. climate summit hosted by Biden next week amid international pressure to slash deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, which surged to a 12-year high in 2020 as an area 14 times the size of New York City was destroyed, government data show.
Brazil and the United States have been negotiating since February on a possible deal to cooperate on tackling deforestation. The talks have reached an impasse with Brazil asking for money up front and the U.S. wanting certain results first.
Bolsonaro met one of the U.S. demands in a letter to Biden on Wednesday, committing to reach zero deforestation by 2030. Left-wing former President Dilma Rousseff had previously pledged the country to reach that goal, although Bolsonaro's weakening of environmental enforcement had called into question the current govenrment's commitment to it.
More:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/1-brazil-must-cut-deforestation-141702298.html#:~:text=BRASILIA%2C%20April%2016%20(Reuters),President%20Joe%20Biden%20this%20week.
Also posted in Environment and Energy:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1127144443
An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 17, 2019. Picture taken September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
Brazil needs to cut illegal deforestation by between 15% and 20% every year to eliminate it by 2030, Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Friday, referring to a goal set by President Jair Bolsonaro in a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden this week.