Name: La ciudad anfitriona de la COP30 intenta impulsar la economía preservando la Amazonia
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Description: A orillas del río Guama, donde la ciudad de Belem se aprieta contra el inmenso y verde Amazonas, Brasil es pionero en un modelo económico diseñado para ayudar a la población local a sacar provecho de una selva sana.

A orillas del río Guama, donde la ciudad de Belem se aprieta contra el inmenso y verde Amazonas, Brasil es pionero en un modelo económico diseñado para ayudar a la población local a sacar provecho de una selva sana.

Belém

In Belem, Brazil, local entrepreneurs are developing new products using resources from the Amazon rainforest as part of a state-backed research and development initiative. The government of Pará recently opened a $56 million bioeconomy and innovation park to support sustainable businesses and reduce reliance on deforestation for cattle and mining.

The initiative builds on a long-standing tradition of rainforest product markets in the region, such as the Verro Peso market, and highlights the economic importance of products like açaí berries. The program is part of Brazil's broader effort to demonstrate that economic growth and rainforest conservation can go hand in hand.

La ciudad anfitriona de la COP30 intenta impulsar la economía preservando la Amazonia

En este almacén de Belem, empresarios brasileños experimentan con productos forestales. para crear nuevos alimentos, aromas y otros productos. Forma parte de un nuevo programa de investigación y desarrollo del gobierno del estado de Pará. El objetivo es ayudar a la población local a sacar provecho de su propio patio trasero, la selva amazónica. En lugar de talar árboles para el ganado y las minas, el gobierno de Pará abrió la en octubre un parque de bioeconomía e innovación de 56 millones de dólares. ideas de los proveedores. El chef Leonardo Souza dice que se le pone la piel de gallina al hablar de cómo el nuevo parque ha ayudado a a aumentar la producción de su sal artesanal, aromatizada con hierbas amazónicas, de 60 frascos a 1.000. al día a unos 1.000. La idea de una bioeconomía robusta se está construyendo sobre una base ya sólida en el estado de Pará. Más allá del río del parque está el mercado al aire libre Verro Peso de Belem, donde los vendedores venden productos de la selva desde 1901. Durante el día, se puede encontrar a Bete Chiricinha, una vendedora de hierbas de quinta generación que se abastece de plantas de las comunidades ribereñas y utiliza los conocimientos indígenas para hacer tinturas. BETE CHIRICINHA, Herbolaria Cada una de estas hierbas tiene un significado. Cada una se utiliza para tratar un problema específico. El Amazonas también es muy importante para nosotros. Todas las noches, barcos fluviales descargan fanegas de açaí para su envío a todo Brasil y al extranjero. El asaí es el producto amazónico más omnipresente del país. La popularidad de esta baya rica en antioxidantes ha impulsado las proyecciones de crecimiento del mercado de más de 1.000 millones de dólares en 2024 a más de 3.000 millones en 2032, según el gobierno brasileño. El nuevo programa de Pará es una pequeña parte del plan de Brasil para demostrar al mundo que puede encontrar una manera de proteger la selva amazónica y garantizar puestos de trabajo y dinero para sus residentes.

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