Both countries seek to strengthen biodiversity conservation.

On Monday, Norway and Brazil vowed to step up joint efforts to halt deforestation and mobilize large-scale finance for forest conservation.

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In a joint statement issued during the United Nations Climate Conference (COP30) in the Amazonian city of Belem, diplomats from both countries pledged to deepen collaboration and dialogue to halt deforestation and forest degradation and to strengthen biodiversity conservation.

These include supporting national and transboundary efforts to combat forest crime, fostering large-scale restoration, promoting sustainable agriculture and forestry, advancing sustainable commodity supply chains, developing and implementing payments for ecosystem services, and strengthening protected area management.

The two countries agreed to continue and reinforce their political and technical dialogue under the bilateral climate and forest partnership in the coming years, and to work with other countries to reduce deforestation and increase forest finance globally.

Previously, the Brazilian Environment Minister Marina Silva and the Norwegian Climate Minister Andreas Bjelland Eriksen reaffirmed their strong and long-lasting bilateral climate, forests, and biodiversity partnership, which started in 2008, and their shared commitment to combat climate change, protect biodiversity, and promote sustainable development.

They also recognized the urgent need to halt and reverse deforestation and forest degradation to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. 

Silva and Eriksen further recognized Brazil’s significant historic and recent results in reducing deforestation and forest degradation in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes, its ambitious goal to achieve zero deforestation by 2030 and its comprehensive plans for all biomes.

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Sources: Xinhua – Regjeringen

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