BRASIL, PAÍS DO FUTURO?

hora de nacionalizar a Amazônia e amazonizar o mundo

Abstract

In the context of the climate crisis, the text argues that Brazil possesses natural assets capable of repositioning the country on the global stage, with the Amazon as the main axis of environmental, hydrological, climatic, and sociocultural protagonism. Although the biome concentrates biodiversity, fresh water, and traditional knowledge of hundreds of indigenous peoples, such riches have not translated into well-being for the Amazonian population. The diagnosis points to the persistence of a developmental model centered on large-scale projects and the expansion of extensive agriculture, associated with low productivity, land degradation, illegal activities (land grabbing, illegal mining, illegal logging), violence, and high emissions derived from deforestation. Scientific warnings indicate a risk of a tipping point, with areas already acting as a net source of carbon. The argument emphasizes that the environmental agenda is inseparable from social responses: deficits in sanitation, health, energy, and connectivity require policies adapted to regional logistical challenges and solutions co-created with communities. As possible solutions, it proposes productive intensification in already cleared areas, pasture recovery, and a bioeconomy based on the standing forest, with added value, innovation, and agreed-upon governance.