Lula: Add quilombola lands to climate plans.

Quilombola lands protect forests & store more carbon. Time to include them in climate plans.

What to know:

  • Quilombola land titles are key for the climate: these areas save forests & store more carbon.
  • Recognizing quilombola territories empowers communities, protects nature, & helps Brazil hit climate targets.
  • Ask the government to add quilombola land titles to the NDC & National Climate Plan as official climate measures.

Learn More about this cause:

Quilombola communities are guardians of forests and biodiversity. They live in harmony with nature and play a key role in preserving the climate that sustains life for all of us. According to Conaq (Coordenação Nacional de Articulação das Comunidades Negras Rurais Quilombolas):

  • Forests in quilombola territories store 48.7% more carbon than surrounding areas;
  • They're 9% richer in carbon compared to the average across the Amazon Basin;
  • Once these areas receive official titles, they increase their carbon density by 12.4%;
  • And they hold onto 57% more carbon than neighboring private lands.

Even with such a crucial role, 87% of quilombola lands still haven't been officially titled.
This means thousands of communities remain vulnerable to losing their land, to deforestation and to exclusion — all while the country loses one of the most effective ways to protect the climate.

For this reason, the Brazilian government needs to make the official recognition of quilombola lands a key climate mitigation measure in its NDC — Nationally Determined Contribution (the document setting Brazil’s climate targets under the Paris Agreement) and in the National Climate Plan.
These areas protect more forest, store more carbon and empower communities that have been caring for the environment for centuries.Recognizing quilombola lands is real, hands-on climate action.

With COP30 on the horizon, Brazil has the chance to lead by example — showing that protecting the people who protect the forest means protecting the planet. Sign the petition and help put quilombola lands at the heart of climate action.