Lula da Silva defends Brazilian agribusiness committed to the environment

Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, defended on Thursday an agribusiness committed to the environment and reiterated that he would fight environmental crimes and seek to comply with international agreements related to climate, disclosed his advisory.

“The true agribusiness entrepreneur knows where he cannot burn, where he cannot destroy the forest. The true agribusiness entrepreneur commits because he knows the price you pay when you are irresponsible,” said da Silva during the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Egypt.

The agribusiness sector, one of the most important in Brazil and considered by some one of the most environmentally destructive in the country, gave its support to da Silva’s rival in the elections, President Jair Bolsonaro.

Lula also said he wants to end the illegal exploration of minerals and natural wealth on indigenous lands and illicit deforestation, mainly in the Amazon.

“It is not necessary to cut down a square meter of trees to increase the production of soybeans, corn or raise cattle; we have millions of hectares of degraded land that can be recovered,” he said.

Lula da Silva defended that the State be more present in the day-to-day life of society, with national conferences with the different sectors.

“We will have the people decide what public policy they think is right to put into practice,” he stressed.

He also advocated for global governance to comply with climate decisions and agreements.

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