Initially, the Ministry of the Environment planned to evaluate 7 thousand species of fauna and flora. By last June, 8,761 species had been analyzed, 5,511 of fauna and 3,250 of flora.
Brazil plays a significant role in helping the world create an emission-neutral green economy by 2050, Brazil’s Environment Minister Joaquim Leite said at OECD meeting.
Brazil is going to support the creation of a whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic to protect cetaceans from hunting and ensure their survival.