Paulo Adario Quotations

At least these areas were created. The next step is implementation. If they are going to start paving without implementing the reserves we are going to lose everything.

At least these areas were created. The next step is implementation.

Timber companies will be forced to respect the law, and to exploit the rainforest only in a manner that is sustainable.

This is just one example of illegal activities that are destroying the Amazon. This rainforest is a global treasure that stabilizes the climate and is home to most land life on the planet and to millions of people. It's taken thousands of years to grow and once it's destroyed it's gone forever. Unless laws against these sorts of forest crime are rigorously and urgently enforced to protect the rainforest and its people, we'll have a biological catastrophe on our hands.

Both rich and developing countries have not delivered on their promises, and the proposed global network of protected areas has not become a reality. Instead, governments have put nature at risk and allowed it to become a private commodity.

The Lula government made a great contribution to the protection and sustainable use of the precious Amazon heritage, which is seriously threatened by the road project and the expansion of agribusiness.