State forum highlights environmental advances and actions for COP30 in Pará

The Government of Pará, through the State Secretariat for the Environment, Climate and Sustainability (Semas), is promoting this Tuesday and Wednesday (June 10 and 11) in Belém, a special edition of the Pará Forum on Climate Change and Adaptation (FPMAC). The event will present the new Pará Without Fire Program and Brazil's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), in addition to discussing climate and environmental policies in the State, with a focus on bioeconomy.

The meeting will be held starting at 8 am, at the Semas Bosque headquarters (Travessa Lomas Valentinas, No. 2100, Marco neighborhood), with free participation and registrations made on-site, limited to the capacity of the space. Since its creation in 2019, the FPMAC has consolidated itself as the main space for collective construction, dialogue, and monitoring of state policies to combat climate change, involving representatives from the public sector, productive sector, academia, civil society, and traditional communities.

Among the most anticipated moments of the program is the presentation of the Pará Without Fire Program, launched on the last World Environment Day (June 5). The state strategy for the prevention and combat of forest fires will be detailed by the Secretary of Environment, Climate and Sustainability, Raul Protázio Romão.

“We have reached the 7th edition of the FPMAC, this time in the middle of the year, bringing the main advances of the State's environmental and climate policy, not only from Semas's actions but also from other institutions that are part of the State Plan for the Amazon Now. We made this extra edition precisely to increase the transparency of these advances,” said Raul Protázio. “Spaces like this Forum strengthen the connection between government actions and society, expanding popular participation in this process.”

Another highlight will be the participation of the National Secretary for Climate Change of the Ministry of the Environment (MMA), Aloísio Melo, who will present Brazil's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for COP30. Brenda Maradei, from the COP30 Committee of Pará, will also be present to update the audience on the progress of the organization of the Conference in Belém.

Bioeconomy will have guaranteed space in the program, with the participation of Camille Bemerguy, Deputy Secretary of Bioeconomy at Semas. She will present the Monitoring Platform of the State Bioeconomy Plan and the Bioeconomy and Innovation Park of the Amazon, fundamental initiatives to strengthen a sustainable and inclusive economy in the region.

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Pará Forum on Climate Change and Adaptation (FPMAC)
Date and time: June 10 and 11, 2025 (Tuesday and Wednesday), starting at 8 am
Location: Semas Environmental Training and Formation Center – Travessa Lomas Valentinas, No. 2100, Marco neighborhood, Belém

Program

June 10, 2025 – morning
8 am to 9 am – Registration and welcome coffee
9 am to 9:15 am – Opening
9:15 am to 10 am – Presentation of the Pará Without Fire Program - Prevention and Combat of Forest Fires – Raul Protázio Romão, Secretary of Environment, Climate and Sustainability of Pará (Semas)
10 am to 11 am – Nationally Determined Contributions - NDC of the Brazilian Government for COP30 – Aloísio Melo, National Secretary for Climate Change (MMA)
11 am to 12 pm – Presentation of the advances in the organization of COP30 in Belém - Brenda Maradei, representative of the COP30 Committee of the State of Pará.

June 10, 2025 – afternoon

12 pm to 2 pm – Lunch break
2 pm to 3:30 pm – Public policies for the climate: land use, forest restoration, and sustainable production - Indara Aguilar and Cleyton Amin, director and coordinator of the Directorate of Climate Change and Environmental Services of Semas (Dimuc)
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm – Panel: Strategies to boost restoration in the State of Pará

Moderation: Amanda Paiva

Guests: Sâmia Nunes, representative of the Vale Technological Institute (ITV), and Gracialda Ferreira, from the Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA)

June 11, 2025 – morning

8 am to 9 am – Welcome coffee
9 am to 10 am – Allocation of public lands in the State of Pará - challenges and opportunities for indigenous peoples, quilombolas, and traditional communities (PIQCTs) - Representative of the National Council of Extractive Populations (CNS)

10 am to 11 am – Land regularization and the carbon market - Bruno Kono, president of the Institute of Lands of Pará (Iterpa)

11 am to 12 pm – Climate justice from the perspective of land regularization - Dr. Herena Melo, prosecutor of the Public Ministry of Pará (MPPA)

June 11, 2025 – afternoon

12 pm to 2 pm – Lunch break

2 pm to 2:30 pm – Climate change and quilombola communities in the State of Pará - Valdinei Gomes, manager of the Promotion of Quilombola Rights of the State Secretariat for Racial Equality and Human Rights (SEIRDH)

2:30 pm to 3 pm – The coastal zone as a climate adaptation front: paths of public management in Pará - Claudio Henrique, manager of Coastal Management and Environmental Zoning of the Deputy Secretariat for Environmental Regularity (Sagra) of Semas

3 pm to 4 pm – Hydrometeorological and air quality monitoring: perspectives for the next quarter - Antônio Sousa, coordinator of the Hydrometeorological Monitoring Center (NMH) of Semas

4 pm to 5 pm – Presentation of the Monitoring Platform of Planbio and the Bioeconomy Park - Camille Bemerguy, Deputy Secretary of Bioeconomy at Semas