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Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock
Eduardo Riedel
Vice-president
Green Economy: Challenges and opportunities for Brazil
What is a green economy?
UNEP’s Working Definition of a Green Economy
A system of economic activities related to the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services that result in improved human wellbeing over the long term, while not exposing future generations to significant environmental risks and ecological scarcities.
From the Zero Draft of the Rio +20
The green economy must contribute to achieving key targets, particularly poverty eradication, food security, water resources management, universal access to modern energy, sustainable cities, oceans management and improving disaster vigilance and endurance, as well as public health, development of human resources and sustained growth, inclusive and equitable, that generate jobs, including for young people.
Source: CEPEA/USP, CNA, BACEN, MAPA
US$ 1 = R$ 1,674, avarage BACEN 2011
Brazil: 2400
Argentina: 580
Colombia: 480
Venezuela: 440
Peru: 370
Chile: 340
Equador: 112
Bolivia: 48
GDPs in South America in billion US$
Land use in Brazil
Public Areas Preserved
50%
Other utilization11,3%
Agribusiness27,7%
Private areas preserved
11%
Area preserved: 519,7 million hectars (61%)
425,7
95,8
236,0
94,0
Source: IBGE, Censo Agropecuário 2006
Country area: 851,5 million hectars
Source: CEPEA/USP, CNA, BACEN, MAPA
US$ 1 = R$ 1,674, avarage BACEN 2011
20% of the US$ 2,4 trillion Brazilian GDP in 2011
Brazilian agribusiness
37% of the jobs in Brazil
37% of the US$ 256 billion Brazilian exports in 2011
Brazilian agribusiness
Sugar-cane (1st exporter)
Soybeans and maize (1st and 2nd exporter)
Beef (2nd exporter)
Afforestation (40 m3/ha/year)
Global player for:
Lower rates of deforestation
Better use of areas already cultivated, (replacing poor pastures)
Compliance with environmental regulations (Permanent Preservation Area and
Legal Reserve)
Yields improvement with better carbon balance
Brazilian agribusiness
Technology: basis for development of Brazilian agriculture
Productivity
1.258 kg/hectars
In m
illi
on
to
ns
1976/77 2010/11 Growth %
46,9 162,9 247,13
37,3 49,9 33,76
1.258 3.264 159,46
3.264 kg/hectars
Brazil: evolution of the grain and fiber harvests
Agricultural Savings 35 years
Production (tons)
Planted area (ha)
Productivity
Strategic technologies
No-till systems
No-till systems
Most of soybeans and maize cultivation (24 million ha)
Soil and water conservation
Allows two crops per year in certain regions
350 to 480 kg/ha Carbon sequestration on stabilized
systems (60% of the area)
Strategic technologies
Two crops a year (soybeans+maize )
7 million ha
Higher food and fiber production at lower costs
Very efficient land use
More efficient use of infrastructure, capital and labour
Market risk reduction
Strategic technologies
Strategic technologies
Integrated agropastoral and agrosilvopastoral systems
Strategic technologies
Integrated agropastoral and agrosilvopastoral systems
Strategic technologies
Integrated agropastoral and agrosilvopastoral systems
Cheap pasture recovery for ranchers
Crop rotation and diversification for farmers
Optimization of fertilizers and residues use
Improved animal welfare and yields
Leads to social development (training and education)
Improving sown pastures
Strategic technologies
Improving sown pastures
Strategic technologies
Strategic technologies
Improving sown pastures
Changes from emission source to carbon sink
Soil and water preservation
Potential to more than double current yields of 60
kg beef/ha
Potential to avoid further deforestation
Leads to other improvements (genetics, feeding
etc)
Afforestation
Strategic technologies
Afforestation
5 million ha
Expressive growth over poor pastures
40 m3/ha/ano
34% for energy (heavy industries)
27% for timber
Strategic technologies
Nitrogen Biological Fixation
SoybeansEconomy of 50 kgN-fertilizer/ha/year 3,5 kg CO2 equiv /kgN-fetilizer over 24 million ha
4,2 million tons CO2 equiv
Sugar-caneEconomy of 90 kg N-fertilizer/ha/year3,5 kg CO2equic/kgN-fetilizer over 9,5 million ha
3 million tons CO2 equiv
Strategic technologies
World CO2 emissions
Countries Emissions of CO2
China 8.240,958
United States 5.492,170
India 2.069,738
Russia 1.688,688
Japan 1.138,432
Germany 762,543
Brazil 419,537
World 33.508,901
Source: United States Department of Energy's Carbon, Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) for the United Nations
Million Metric Ton.
1,3%
• Avoiding deforestation
How Brazil avoids emissions
Goals for Deforestation Reduction in the Amazon Biome
27,2 mil Km2
6,6 mil Km2
5,4 mil Km2
• Hydropower
• Bioenergy
• Biological Nitrogen Fixation
• Reducing beef cattle slaughtering age
• 1,5 ton CO2 equiv/year/head
• 40 million head/year
• 60 million tons CO2 equiv/year
How Brazil avoids emissions
Rio+20 Expectations
1. A substantive move towards a new economy in
the context of poverty eradication and
sustainable development - green economy
2. A revised and strengthened concept of
sustainable development in the UN context, and
possibly the constitution of a Sustainable
Development Council in the UN General
Assembly
WEO ??
Rio+20 Expectations
3. A better understanding of why previous
agreements haven't been fully implemented -
Taking action for implementation
Triple agenda
Effects on society
Lack of leadership
Rio+20 Expectations
4. An agenda to positively address the link between
environment and food security
Regarding food and bioenergy
Efficient natural resources use
Low carbon emission
Social inclusion
Rio+20 Expectations
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