Bel\u00e9m, Brazil – Brazilian artivist Mundano delivered, in partnership with Greenpeace a striking art installation to demand world leaders take bold action for forests at COP30, today. Mundano wrote the message \u201cCOP30: Rise for Forests\u201d with transparent ink, and used ashes taken from forest fires in the Amazon to reveal the text. The ashes used in the performance were taken from the Anamb\u00e9 Indigenous land, near Bel\u00e9m, in 2024, when the territory was impacted by forest fires.<\/p>\n\n
Photos of and videos of the performance are available at the Greenpeace Media Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n Carolina Pasquali, Executive Director, Greenpeace Brazil said:<\/strong> \u201cTime is running out at COP30. We cannot leave this COP with symbolic gestures, voluntary commitments or vague promises. We need a concrete, time-bound action plan to end deforestation in all forests by 2030. The Global Stocktake at COP28 recognised this goal, but recognition is not action. This artwork stands here today as a warning and an invitation to negotiators, ministers and governments: the future is burning, and the world is watching. Deliver real action now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n Mundano, Brazilian artivist said: <\/strong>\u201cHuman greed is turning entire ecosystems into ashes, and that is unacceptable. I have walked through burned forests, and the sadness there is profound. That is why, for the past four years, I have been bringing these ashes as a cry to turn burned forests into standing ones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n At COP 30, Greenpeace and WWF are calling for a new, dedicated 5-year Forest Action Plan<\/a> to halt and reverse deforestation and forest degradation by 2030.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n Mauricio Voivodic, Executive Director, WWF-Brazil said:<\/strong> \u201cMundano turns into art a warning that science, Indigenous Peoples and traditional communities have been sounding for decades: without protecting native vegetation, we jeopardise the very continuity of life on Earth. The Amazon is on the brink of a tipping point \u2014 a moment after which forest loss becomes irreversible \u2014 and there is no room left for hesitation. In the coming days, Parties must show real commitment and deliver an ambitious, concrete and urgent roadmap to end deforestation and the conversion of native forests by 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n\n Mundano is a Brazilian artivist and advocate for environmental and human rights causes. In recent years, he has been collecting residues from some of the biggest environmental crimes in Brazil, creating his own paint from toxic mud, ashes from forest fires, and oil spilled on the beaches of Brazil\u2019s Northeast. Through his artivism, he works to fight the climate emergency.<\/p>\n\n ENDS<\/p>\n\n Contacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Greenpeace International Press Desk, +31 (0)20 718 2470 (available 24 hours), pressdesk.int@greenpeace.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n