Slovakia has joined Glasgow to offer global deforestation
At the United Nations (UN) Climate Conference in Glasgow, Slovakia has joined countries that want to benefit from global deforestation. The Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic (MoE SR) informed about it in a press release sent by the communication department of the ministry.
Emphasis on the importance of forests and land use
Slovakia thus supports the efforts of world powers that want global deforestation by 2030 and at the same time support sustainable land use and rural development. World leaders have signed a declaration emphasizing the importance of forests and land use for achieving the goals of sustainable development and the need for their sustainable development.
The agreement was signed by countries home to 85 percent of the world’s forests, including the United States, China, Brazil and Indonesia. It is healthy and resilient forests that are key to combating the climate crisis. The Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic supports and welcomes the Declaration of Leaders. According to the head of the environmental department, it is symbolic that at a time when the importance of forest protection was being talked about in Glasgow, members of the National Council of the Slovak Republic were opening a debate on the reform of national parks. “Slovakia needs functioning national parks as well as modern agriculture that protects nature and provides healthy food, “Said the Minister of the Environment Ján Budaj (OĽaNO).
Necessary change in agricultural policy
According to the environment of the Glasgow conference, he sent a clear signal that a change in agricultural policy is also necessary to meet climate goals and preserve biodiversity. According to the Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic, it is important that agrochemistry and dangerous pesticides are no longer used unnecessarily in agriculture. Agriculture, on the other hand, should also create space for biodiversity, honey meadows, support widespread grazing in protected areas, address different types of crops and, conversely, reduce monocultures.