{"id":50036001,"date":"2020-06-19T13:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T12:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.dialogochino.net\/?p=36001"},"modified":"2023-03-13T21:47:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T21:47:44","slug":"36001-not-even-covid-19-can-curb-brazils-emissions-deforestation-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/36001-not-even-covid-19-can-curb-brazils-emissions-deforestation-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Not even the Covid-19 pandemic can curb Brazil\u2019s emissions. Can anything?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Across the world, many people saw a silver lining in the record drop in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/global-co2-emissions-saw-record-drop-during-pandemic-lockdown\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">global emissions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> caused by the lockdowns to halt the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. But Brazilians weren\u2019t among them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reductions in traffic and industrial activity were responsible for the dips in most countries but these had relatively little effect on curbing emissions in Brazil since the destruction of forests is the source of almost half the carbon dioxide (CO2) it emits into the atmosphere every year. And the Covid-19 pandemic has made deforestation even worse.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='block--pullout-stat block--pullout-stat--float cd-shortcode--factbox'>\n                <p class='block--pullout-stat__title'>26%<\/p>\n                <div class='block--pullout-stat__content'>\n                    <br \/>\nthe hike in deforestation in Brazil between March and May compared to the same period in 2019<br \/>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preliminary data from Brazil\u2019s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) suggests that between March and May, as the virus spread across Brazil, over 1,500 square kilometres of forest were destroyed, a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/terrabrasilis.dpi.inpe.br\/app\/dashboard\/alerts\/legal\/amazon\/aggregated\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">26% hike<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> compared to last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brazil\u2019s Climate Observatory <a href=\"http:\/\/www.observatoriodoclima.eco.br\/brasil-contraria-tendencia-global-e-pode-ter-alta-em-emissoes-na-pandemia\/\">estimates<\/a> that the level of destruction will translate into a national increase in emissions of between 10% and 20% compared to 2018. This means Brazil could send between 2.1 and 2.3 billion tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere this year \u2014 a drastic deviation from its Paris Agreement pledge to limit emissions to 1.3 billion tonnes per year by 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Jair Bolsonaro has often defended deforestation as an unfortunate consequence of growing Brazil\u2019s economy. Yet although most economic activity is grinding to a halt, deforestation is up in the time of Covid-19. We explain why.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Why even Covid-19 can\u2019t stop deforestation in Brazil<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almost <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/g1.globo.com\/fantastico\/noticia\/2020\/05\/24\/relatorio-inedito-mostra-que-99percent-do-desmatamento-feito-no-brasil-em-2019-foi-ilegal.ghtml\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all deforestation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> happening in the Brazilian Amazon is illegal, so law enforcement agencies are key to fighting it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, IBAMA, Brazil\u2019s main environmental protection agency, has been stripped of funds and human resources over many years. The number of IBAMA inspectors has been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oglobo.globo.com\/sociedade\/numero-de-fiscais-do-ibama-cai-pela-metade-pgr-recomenda-autorizacao-de-concurso-em-30-dias-23952424#:~:text=BRAS%C3%8DLIA%20%2D%20A%20quantidade%20de%20agentes,eram%201.311%20fiscais%20em%20atividade.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dropping<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> since 2010, going from 1,311 to 730 today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lack of new hires means the average age of IBAMA inspectors is going up. With many over 60, they are considered a higher risk group when it comes to the coronavirus. This has translated into fewer IBAMA inspectors in the field monitoring deforestation during the Covid-19 pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, IBAMA inspectors have suffered unprecedented hostility under president Jair Bolsonaro\u2019s administration. Fines by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.folha.uol.com.br\/ambiente\/2020\/03\/sob-bolsonaro-multas-ambientais-caem-34-para-menor-nivel-em-24-anos.shtml\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">agency<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> went down 34% last year, a 24-year-low. Agents are often attacked by angry mobs, which, critics say, feel empowered by the president\u2019s anti-environment rhetoric.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Brazil stumbled into the global media spotlight last year because of the raging <a href=\"http:\/\/stage.dialogochino.net\/en\/uncategorised\/29986-how-soy-and-beef-spark-amazon-fires-and-how-to-stop-it\/\">fires<\/a> in the Amazon, the government was forced to act. However, their chosen course of action was to send in the military, an expensive move that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brasil.elpais.com\/brasil\/2020-05-26\/exercito-vai-gastar-em-um-mes-de-acao-na-amazonia-o-orcamento-anual-do-ibama-para-fiscalizacao.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">proved<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> inefficient.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What drives illegal deforestation?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While illegal logging and mining are extremely dangerous for the Amazon forest, many researchers agree one industry carries the largest share of responsibility for illegal deforestation: land grabbing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Land grabbing in the Amazon enables a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oglobo.globo.com\/brasil\/venda-de-terras-na-amazonia-pode-gerar-prejuizo-de-118-bilhoes-23743306\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">multi-billion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> dollar real estate market. Roughly a third of the Amazon is at risk of land grabbing, an area made up of public lands the Brazilian government hasn\u2019t officially allocated to anyone. They aren\u2019t conservation areas, indigenous territories, rural settlements nor private farmland.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers and prosecutors say the uncertainty over their status puts them at the centre of a destructive and often violent struggle between land grabbers, law enforcement and traditional communities \u2014 each fighting for the chance to own a piece of land that the government recognises.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the government creates reserves, it essentially takes public land off the land grabbing market, severely lowering the chances a land grabber will one day get a title<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deforestation is key for land grabbers, paving the way for them to assert their possession over a plot. This practice dates back to the 1970\u2019s, when Brazil\u2019s military regime encouraged people from other states to occupy public lands in the Amazon to develop it and integrate it to the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When government inspectors went to a plot to assess whether the people occupying it deserved an official title, deforestation was one of the main aspects they took note of. Inspectors used to demand that applicants deforest at least <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/saber.unioeste.br\/index.php\/geoemquestao\/article\/download\/6634\/5786\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">half their<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> plot before approving their claim.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data analysed by the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ipam.org.br\/deforestation-on-amazonian-public-lands-takes-off-and-could-fuel-fire-season\/\">Amazon Environmental Research Institute<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shows that over 40% of the deforestation happening in the Amazon now takes place in unallocated public lands. In the state of Amazonas, the biggest in the region, over 50% of deforestation alerts earlier this year happened in state and federal land plots that aren\u2019t protected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While president Bolsonaro has been clear on his policy of not giving traditional communities more land than they currently have access to, his stance against land grabbers has been far less clear. At times it has even been encouraging.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, the Bolsonaro administration presented a bill that would essentially give amnesty to land grabbers seizing territory up until 2018. The bill was defeated in Congress, but many lawmakers have demonstrated support for its core proposals. Researchers say the expectation of amnesty drives many people to keep grabbing land.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What can be done to stop it?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prosecutors and environmentalists say any response to Brazil\u2019s growing rate of deforestation must include strengthening environmental protection agencies and, to some, even introducing tougher penalties for environmental degradation. An improvement in the tools used to track <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/stage.dialogochino.net\/en\/trade-investment\/35373-brazilian-meat-industry-expands-profits-but-fails-to-inspect-producers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">meat<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, timber, minerals and other supply chains would also help sever criminal links.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of this would cost money and resources. Yet there is one policy that costs very little money and would have almost instant results: creating more reserves. When the government creates reserves, it essentially takes public land off the land grabbing market, severely lowering the chances a land grabber will one day get a title for that plot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brazil has tried it before. Between 2003 and 2008, former Environment minister <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/stage.dialogochino.net\/en\/climate-energy\/32182-marina-silva-bolsonaro-created-an-undesirable-situation-for-latin-america\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marina Silva<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> created <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oglobo.globo.com\/brasil\/gestao-em-ministerio-funciona-de-vitrine-para-marina-provar-capacidade-de-lideranca-13959095\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">66 reserves<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, protecting hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of forest. The result of this policy, along with others, led to Brazil <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oglobo.globo.com\/preto-no-branco\/post\/marina-desmatamento-547474.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">halving deforestation rates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under Silva\u2019s tenure, while agribusiness saw sales and profits skyrocket.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">History shows us that economic growth doesn\u2019t have to mean more emissions.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Across the world, many people saw a silver lining in the record drop in global emissions caused by the lockdowns to halt the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. 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