Brazil intends to become a world reference when it comes to sustainability. The country will transform the World Cup, in 2014, and the Olympic Games, in 2016, in examples of "green events", establishing environmental criteria for the projects to be built for these competitions.
On Thursday (April 29), the ministers of the Environment, Izabella Teixeira, and Sports, Orlando Silva, signed a technical cooperation agreement to create and implement a sustainable agenda in the coming years. The initiative has the support of the Brazilian Association of Environmental State Entities (ABEMA) and the National Association of Environmental Municipal Agencies (ANAMMA).
The partnership will facilitate the environmental licensing of projects to avoid delays in the work schedule. The idea is to promote dialogue between those responsible for the works with those responsible for the environmental licensing in the search for joint solutions for the protection of the environment.
At the ceremony, Izabella Teixeira highlighted the importance of technical cooperation between the two ministries, and said she had just returned from South Africa, where she saw what that country has achieved, in environmental terms, for the tournament which begins next June.
A working group will be responsible for developing a sustainable agenda, with proposals for sustainable policies for the World Cup and for the Olympic Games in Brazil. The group will also seek partnerships to implement successful experiences of previous events. For minister Orlando Silva, the initiative highlights the importance of environmental issues in the country.
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