This Friday, the Minister of People’s Power for Ecosocialism, Josue Lorca, during the interview on the program “A Pulso”, broadcast by Venezolana de Televisión, highlighted that the main action to be carried out to preserve the environment in the country is reforestation. , either by natural means or with the support of local communities.
The minister mentioned the Economic Fund as an unfulfilled promise of the 2015 Paris Agreement, where developed countries committed to financing 100 million annually, which have never been granted.
#InVideo?| Minister for Ecosocialism, @JosueLorcaV He recalled that in the 2015 Paris Agreement, the large developed countries committed to creating a fund of 100 billion dollars annually.#ReadWriteAndThink pic.twitter.com/7uVE6Ucm8i
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In this sense, he specified that specialists and scientists currently assure that the 100 million dollars are not enough to equate and achieve a balance of losses and damages, and extolled that the high point of the COP27 arena is at the agenda of the hypocrisy of the great powerful nations of the world like the developed countries.
In addition to this, he pointed out that during the last 200 years, developed countries such as the United States and large European countries have been the cause of global warming and the widespread climate crisis.
Likewise, he emphasized that in order to achieve the objectives of preserving the environment in Venezuela, as indicated by President Nicolás Maduro, it is necessary to fulfill the fifth historical objective of the Plan de la Patria, mandate of Commander Hugo Chávez.
Similarly, he mentioned that one of the main achievements of Venezuela is the preservation of parks and natural monuments, with 28% and, of protected natural areas under the regime, 43% of the territory; In addition, the energy matrix is 80% clean.
#InVideo?| Minister for Ecosocialism, @JosueLorcaV He highlighted that Venezuela has been at the forefront in the preservation of its natural spaces, he also highlighted that at the level of national parks and monuments, the country has 28% of the protected territory.#ReadWriteAndThink pic.twitter.com/Ot1q9LlKK5
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According to the Expected and Determined Contributions at the National Level, delivered before the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, it was established that 79.8% of Venezuelan energy comes from the energy matrix, something that few countries have achieved.
On the other hand, the minister stressed that the economic blockade has reduced the capacity of care in protected natural areas.
#InVideo?| Minister for Ecosocialism, @JosueLorcaV He highlighted that the economic blockade has reduced the capacity of attention in the protected natural areas.#ReadWriteAndThink pic.twitter.com/te9qsxRj3P
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In addition, he mentioned that 80% of the water basins rest in our national parks and that to preserve them, a special ecosystem service must be guaranteed.
#InVideo?| Minister for Ecosocialism, @JosueLorcaV He highlighted that the country has more than 500 automated weather stations nationwide.#ReadWriteAndThink pic.twitter.com/ETzJhF7x7p
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Lastly, he concluded that together with the Ministry of People’s Power for Education (MPPE), they have been working on the mainstreaming of environmental matters aimed at all educational levels.
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