From Expo 2020 to COP28. Brazil leads the "lungs of the world" file

The Federative Republic of Brazil has taken on the responsibility of leading the Amazon rainforest file, known as the "lungs of the world" or "green lungs of the earth", which is a key axis in the global efforts to combat the phenomenon of climate change.

During its participation in Expo 2020 Dubai, Brazil was keen to take advantage of this prominent global platform, which witnessed the participation of more than 190 countries in order to mobilize international cooperation in this file, and looks forward during the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change "COP28" to be held this year in Expo City Dubai to a qualitative leap in the file of protecting the Amazon forest.

At the beginning of 2023, Brazil announced that it aims to reach zero deforestation in the Amazon by 2030, and His Excellency Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, called on South American countries that share Amazon forests, to unite efforts to protect the main resource to combat climate change. He pointed out that addressing the climate issue is necessary in order to preserve the human race on the planet and the responsibility lies with everyone.

The Amazon is known as the "lungs of the earth" because it produces more than 20 percent of the world's oxygen, is home to 10 percent of known species, has about 16,390 tree species and <> billion trees.

The Amazon Basin Nature Reserves include about 300,2500 species of plants, 1500,500 species of fish, 2,5 species of birds, <> species of mammals, and <>.<> million species of insects.

As part of efforts to protect the Amazon forest, Brazil has launched an initiative to create a federal police force to protect forests, as the Amazon forest extends across several countries and about 64 percent of the forest is located in Brazil.

The Amazon forest contains 20 percent of the world's freshwater and provides nearly a fifth of the freshwater that flows into the oceans, storing between 90 and 140 billion tons of carbon, helping to stabilize the global climate.

The Brazilian Pavilion with its distinctive water design at Expo 2020 Dubai presented a distinct simulation model of agriculture in the Amazon forest, and allowed visitors to plant about 20,<> trees within these well-known forests, in an initiative aimed at emphasizing the importance of international cooperation to protect the Amazon forest.

The Brazilian Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai was a hub for innovation and sustainability, giving visitors an important opportunity and putting forward many creative ideas to protect the environment and preserve the planet.

The Brazil Pavilion, which attracted more than two million visitors throughout the exhibition, used about 140 giant projectors to display video images of the Amazon forest, rivers, urban centers and Brazilian culture on semi-transparent membranes within its corridors, emphasizing the importance of biodiversity and attention to the culture of preserving the environment.

The UAE supports all global efforts to protect forests and has launched pioneering initiatives in this regard.

During its participation in COP26, the UAE endorsed the Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use, which commits countries to cooperate and work collectively to stop forest loss, rehabilitation and land degradation by 2030, and to stimulate the global movement towards sustainable development.

During its participation in COP27 in Egypt, the Qurum Climate Alliance was launched in partnership between the UAE and the Republic of Indonesia, and aims to support, enhance and expand mangrove forest areas globally as one of nature-based solutions to meet the challenge of climate change, and efforts to absorb and isolate greenhouse gas emissions globally, as mangroves contribute to enhancing the response to the repercussions of climate change such as hurricanes, storms, and floods, and are a carbon store up to four times the terrestrial tropical rainforest.