The Environment Ministry opened a competition to evaluate agriculture, forestry and land-use maps for the BTR2 due in 2026. The work is intended to improve traceability of territorial emissions and removals.
The trinational initiative covers 33 municipalities, 11 protected areas and six biological corridors. Backed by €11 million from Germany's KfW development bank and contributions from the three countries, it links conservation, water security, restoration and sustainable rural production.
In the Ibirama-La Klãnõ Indigenous Territory in Santa Catarina, the Zág Institute is restoring a critically endangered tree sacred to the Laklãnõ/Xokleng people. Community work now covers 1,000 hectares and links ecological recovery, food sovereignty and cultural continuity.
The guanaco population in Santa Cruz has grown from 600,000 in the 1990s to around 2 million today. Biologist Stuart Blake warns that this uncontrolled growth, driven by the lack of predators, the expansion of water sources and abandoned farms, could accelerate desertification of the Patagonian steppe and deepen the crisis in the sheep sector.
An international research team has revealed that the Araucaria forest on the southern Brazilian plateau, one of the world's most unique ecosystems, was shaped over the last 6,000 years by the interaction between climate change and the management practices of the Southern Jê Indigenous peoples. The study underscores the importance of integrating ancestral knowledge into current conservation strategies.
The Riyadh summit of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification placed land restoration, drought resilience and financing at the center of the agenda. More than USD 12 billion was pledged, but a binding global agreement on drought remained pending and will continue toward COP17.
The Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, launched in 1978, combined afforestation, dune stabilization, public investment and rural labor to curb desertification in northern China. Its progress is significant, but experts warn that restoration can only be sustained through monitoring, local management and political continuity.