Lula says Amazon Summit commitments are “starting point”

In a publication on social networks, this Sunday (13), President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) replied to the American actor Mark Ruffalo, interpreter of the character Hulkabout the absence of “concrete goals” in the Declaration of Belém, approved last week during the Amazon Summit.

In response, Lula said that the commitments established at the forum are “the starting point for building a consensus around the protection of the Amazon”.

“By bringing together the countries of the Amazon region, and starting an alliance with the two Congos and Indonesia, a group that together owns nearly 80% of the world’s rainforests, we are taking another step towards a common agenda for the preservation of fundamental ecosystems for the planet’s climate and biodiversity,” posted the president on his Twitter account. twitter.

Last Thursday (10th), Ruffalo declared that he was “heartbroken” by the lack of concrete objectives established by the eight Amazonian countries that participated in the Summit in Pará. “The emergency to protect the Amazon is a climate emergency – and we don’t have time to waste,” wrote the actor.

He added: “Colombia, under Petro’s command, is the first Amazonian nation to follow what science recommends – the goal of protecting 80% of the forest by 2025, and a call to stop oil extraction in the Amazon.”