Brazil plans to increase arable land by 60% without cutting down trees

Brazilian authorities have developed a plan to increase available agricultural land by 60% without cutting down trees, the Nieuwe Oogst portal reports.

The country's Ministry of Agriculture has identified 40 million hectares of land that can be prepared for cultivation and cultivation of agricultural crops - for example, soybeans or corn. The government plans to invest 110 billion euros in these works over the next 10 years.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will tell more about the new plan at the COP-28 climate summit, which will soon be held in Dubai, the press service of the country's government reported.

Abandoned pastures are expected to be converted into agricultural land, and no trees will be cut down. Such a step will allow to increase agricultural land from 65 to 105 million hectares.

It will be recalled that President Lula de Silva made climate protection his priority and promised to stop deforestation by agricultural companies by 2030, while under his predecessor Bolsonaro, the country's Amazon forests were actively destroyed.

Agriculture, particularly livestock and soybean farming, remains the backbone of Brazil's economy.