The Brazilian Environment Minister, Izabella Teixeira, met on Wednesday (March 30), in Brasília, the Minister for the Environment and International Development of Norway, Erik Solheim. They discussed environmental issues related to the cooperation agreement between the two countries, especially challenges in the biodiversity and climate change agendas.
The ministers also discussed the Protocol of Nagoya, the Climate and the Amazon Funds, the control of deforestation in the Brazilian biomes and the need for change in the agricultural matrix in Brazil. They also talked about the control of fires, the investments for adaptation to the climate change effects and the conservation of the coastal zone, especially the protection of coral reefs.
Izabella Teixeira and Erik Solheim scheduled the next meeting between the two countries for the second half of 2011, probably in September, in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Redes Sociais