The international market is becoming more and more restrictive. Farmers are aware that to be competitive, they need to adjust and adapt. The big question farmers ask is: who will support me? What kind of technical assistance can I receive, and what is the investment package to stop deforestation?
The international market is becoming more and more restrictive. Farmers are aware that to be competitive, they need to adjust and adapt. The big question farmers ask is: who will support me? What kind of technical assistance can I receive, and what is the investment package to stop deforestation?
Companies need to be givers and not takers in this world. The only acceptable method to run our companies, the only way to deliver our business models, is to think regenerative, restorative and reparative.
Rights are at the heart of both climate adaptation and mitigation. We need donors, investors, and the private sector not only endorse but actually implement these principles to move away from business as usual. It is important to have principles but unless they are implemented, there’s no systemic change.
You can commit to 100 billion, you can commit to the stars and galaxies, you can commit to the wealth of the entire world, but if there isn't a mechanism to get it there and if it’s not legally binding, then it's valueless.
We need to advance climate change adaptation and mitigation, fight desertification and soil degradation, and improve food security. Holistic landscape-based approaches are a powerful lever for that.
We know that the solution to this climate emergency is to transform every segment of society, whether it’s transport, energy, food production, buildings or manufacturing – all of them must be fundamentally transformed. The good news is that we have many of the solutions that we need. We just need to work for widespread adoption. Importantly, we each have the power to make the change happen.
It is important to remember that Indigenous Peoples are just 5% of the world’s population, but 82% of the world’s protected biodiversity lies within our territories. We protect it, and often we pay the price with our own lives. It’s important that those who defend nature the most have their rights respected, including the right to participate in decision-making spaces.
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