The Minister of the Environment, Marina Silvatook advantage of his trip to Washington this week to hold meetings with charitable organizations during President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s visit to the American leader, Joe Biden. He struck a deal with the philanthropic institutions of billionaire Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and actor Leonardo Dicaprioto lead a fundraising initiative to rehabilitate areas degraded by illegal mining in the Amazon.
Bezos and DiCaprio intend to mobilize other entities to raise funds in order to implement an emergency action in just 40 days, a period in which the government estimates that it has completely cleared the mining area. In addition to expelling the miners and preventing them from re-entering the region, Marina defends the need to recover areas that have been devastated. It is necessary to decontaminate rivers and even people. “In some areas, four out of ten children are contaminated with mercury,” said the minister.
The partnership is a change in the relationship between Jair Bolsonaro’s government and NGOs and actor Leonardo DiCaprio. The former president always created controversy with DiCaprio, whenever the American criticized deforestation in the Amazon. The new government wants to encourage the Hollywood star’s philanthropic work in the Amazon.
During her visit to the American capital, Marina also declared that the US government’s decision to join the Amazon Fund was an undertaking of “great importance”. For her, more important than the 50 million dollars announced by the White House for the fund, criticized by many as a small figure, was the seal that the Americans give to the initiative. According to the minister’s assessment, this should facilitate the entry of private funds such as those of Bezos which, given the American endorsement, will be more willing to collaborate.
Source: Terra
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