As the world prepares for COP30 Brazil in Belém, one truth is clear: global climate commitments must translate into real action for the communities and ecosystems that sustain us.
In the latest edition of The Ocean Agenda, Monique Galvão, Vice President Rare Brazil, highlights the urgent opportunity for decision makers to embed resilience for coastal communities and vital marine ecosystems like mangroves into global climate action plans at COP30 and beyond. 🇧🇷
Home to the planet’s second largest continuous mangrove forest, Brazil's Amazon Coast is a prime example of how the effective protection of marine areas can shield against the impacts of climate change, shelter endangered species, and support millions of people’s livelihoods. Yet, these ecosystems are only as strong as the people empowered to protect them.
👉 The gap is clear: plans without people do not work. 80% of Brazil’s mangroves are mapped as protected, but only a fraction have active management plans.
Frontline leaders including fishers, shellfish gatherers, and traditional communities are already proving what effective stewardship looks like and must be included in management plans. Networks like the Mothers of Mangroves and Coastal 500 are showing how community-led leadership drives resilience, sustainable livelihoods, and real climate impact.
But financing is not reaching these communities, and COP30 must go beyond speeches and pledges.
"If Belém becomes the COP where the world finally listens to and funds frontline communities, then the Amazon Coast won’t just host the world - it will help save it."
👉 Read more on The Ocean Agenda: https://bit.ly/3KZKDb5
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