(Português do Brasil) Floresta em pé: o potencial bilionário da bioeconomia no Brasil

In addition to generating billions of reais, Brazil can occupy a privileged position on the global stage, becoming a neutral nation in terms of greenhouse gases. However, it will be necessary to seek innovative solutions to combat illegal deforestation, reach net zero and prepare for the effects of the climate crisis, with the participation of the populations involved, as well as resolve old problems such as land conflicts, shows a series of articles from the Value. If Brazil keeps the forest standing, especially in the Amazon, eliminating illegal deforestation, it could add up to US$ 100 billion per year to the national Gross Domestic Product with agroforestry activities. In addition, it will prevent the release of 21 billion tons of CO2 into the atmosphere by 2050.

The global demand for Amazonian products, such as cocoa, açaí, black pepper, tropical fruits, native fish, among others, from a list of 64 items already exported, currently reaches US$ 176 billion. According to estimates by the Associação Brasileira de Bioinnovação, the bioeconomy could generate additional industrial revenues of US$ 284 billion per year, until 2050. He cites a potential generation of US$ 50 billion in the region, in a decade. For the authorities, sustainable economic development has as a precondition the construction and implementation of public policies aimed at combating deforestation and protecting populations made vulnerable by climate change and land conflicts.

Investments between US$ 14 billion and US$ 20 billion per year, new technologies and a decarbonized agricultural production model can add between US$ 40 billion and US$ 60 billion per year to the national GDP, according to Ned Harvey, CEO of Digital Gaya. In fact, the mitigation of greenhouse gases with a view to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, as well as adapting to a scenario of extreme climate events, will demand collective and innovative solutions, which go through the experience of those who suffer the effects of the climate crisis. in the skin.

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References:

https://climainfo.org.br/2023/03/15/floresta-em-pe-o-potencial-bilionario-da-bioeconomia-no-brasil/
https://valor.globo.com/publicacoes/suplementos/noticia/2023/03/13/com-floresta-em-pe-pais-conseguiria-somar-us-100-bilhoes-ao-pib.ghtml

https://abbi.org.br/abbi-divulga-estudo-sobre-potencial-da-bioeconomia-no-brasil/