Ademar Leal - General Coordinator of the Green Meeting and Paliber President

  

Ecological Organization PALÍBER,  Coordinator and promoter of the Greenmeeting of the Americas, the GREENMEETING is an environmental organization, non-governmental, non-profit, founded in 1990, public utility with headquarters in Brasília-DF. It has numerous activities carried out in several States, mainly regarding forest preservation and its biodiversity, water resources, wild and marine fauna, as well as studies on climate change.

It was invited to participate in Rio'92 by the United Nations, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, acting in several preparatory commissions. Participated in Habitat II 96, Istanbul, Turkey,United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, denominated World  Urban Forum.
 Participated, acknowledged by the United Nations, in the Johannesburg Summit 2002, Rio + 10, in South Africa.
   
V Green Meeting of the Americas 2005, in Belo Horizonte MG. - Brazil  
   

With the participation of over two thousand people and the presence of representatives from several continents, besides political leaders, governmental and non-governmental on the field of Environment and Sustainable Development, the V Greenmeeting of the Americas, surpassed all expectations, as it has been happening over the years. The opening of the meeting, in 20th September 2005, with people even sat on the floor and on the stairs of the great theater Sesiminas, in Belo Horizonte, demonstrated the relevance of the event and the increasingly interest social-environmental issues provoke on society. At the opening, the general coordinator of the meeting and Paliber president director, Ademar Soares, emphasized that the

  
 

 indifference of governments and society to environmental issues is responsible for severe consequences to humanity existence. Time is passing by and that is the major menace, for days will come when entire generations will pay the price for our irresponsibility to the climatic conditions of the planet, he added.

  
   

The Rio de Janeiro hosted the III  and IV Green Meeting of the Americas, a disputed and important socio-environmental event, gathering a select group of authorities and governmental and non-governmental personalities from various continents.

The III Green Meeting of the Americas was held this past September 8th, 9th, and 10th, in the BNDES convention center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

 
3a /Table of the Meeting: Demetrios Christofidis, Ministry of National Integration; Henrique Cortez, Camera of the Culture-Rio;  Federal Deputy, Patrus Ananias, PT/MG, Minister of Social Development; Federal Deputy,  José Sarney Filho, PV/MA, Former-Minister of the Brazilian Environment; Vilmar Berna,  Journalist and Editor of the Newspaper of the environment and Humberto Candeias Cavalcante, General Director of IEF-MG
 
The Green Prize of the Americas, announced at the opening ceremonies of the II Green Meeting of the Americas, hosted by Palíber in Belo Horizonte, MG – Brazil.  The award was given out not only to honor the recipient, but also motivate the many people who have dedicated so much of their effort in favor of the environment and the quality of life on the planet.
 

  Green Prize of the Americas´2002 - Lindolfo Barbosa Lima, Promotor de Justiça, o Índio Marcos Terena – Funai. Pierre Weil, Psicólogo e Pedagogo Francês; Jornalista Paula Saldanha; Embaixadora Sara Gloobe, Costa Rica; Embaixador Ion Floroiu, Romênia; Embaixador Stratos Doukas, Grécia; Eliseu Roberto de Andrade Alves,  fundador e ex-presidente da Embrapa.

   2003/Category: Parliamentary Action, José Sarney Filho, Federal Deputy, Leader of PV in the National Congress and Former-minister of the Brazilian environment.
 
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 International Green Court – During the course of the two Meeting of the Americas, the idea of creating an International Green Court was discussed.  The topic is currently being studied and is open for debate or suggestions from governmental and non-governmental environmental organizations.
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The main theme of Green Newsletter of the Americas – 2002, the result of the last event, was the Green Court.  The Green Court seeks to analyze, discuss and delve into the factors and events that threaten the environmental balance of the planet.  It will also work to contain the increase of carbon gases, as well as the contamination of the environment by chemicals and radioactive waste.
 
I  Green Meeting of the Americas – In order to welcome a new century and the beginning of a new millenium, the Americas, and the world, held two summits for Life, Peace and the Environment.  These summits were the Green Meeting of the Americas, held in Brazil in 2001 in the city of Brasilia-DF, and in Belo Horizonte in 2003.
 
Ademar  Soares, President of  Palíber

 

Several diplomats: Enrique            Marañan, Cuba; Íon Floriu, Romênia; Robert Torry, Trinidad Tobago; Hans-Bodo Bertran, Alemanha; Armando Hirigoyen, Uruguai; Ademar Soares, Palíber; José Carlos Carvalho, Vice-Ministro Meio Ambiente; Antônio Barbosa, Semarh; João Paulo Brito e Frans Van Haren, Holanda.

 
The Meeting were dedicated to the quest for union of the countries of the continents in the search of solutions to the many direct and indirect environmental problems threatening the quality of life, for both present and future generations.
 

 

 

 

 

 

Table: Brasil, USA, China e Uruguai

 

 Earth Summit – Brasilia, 2000 – World Conference for the Environment and Sustainable Development, held from April 11-14, 2000, in Brasilia, DF.  The event was a forum for various representatives from around the world to discuss ideas on how to minimize the social-environmental impacts on the planet.
Governor Joaquin Roriz and other authorities in the solemn opening of the Earth Summit – Brasilia, 2000 – World Conference for the Environment and Sustainable Development.
   
 
   

Alfredo Sirkis, PV, Dep. Fed. Ronaldo Vasconcellos, José Carlos Carvalho, Séc. Executivo MMA, Sec. Tilden Santiago-Semad MG, José Sarney Filho, Ministro do M. Ambiente, Edson Zenóbio e Hiram Firmino Jornal Est. de Minas, Ademar Leal Soares, Palíber e Juarez Amorim/Séc BH.

 
   
“Brazil in XXI Century” Conference, held in Minascentro on May 26-27,  1999,  in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.  The conference brought together the most important environmental leaders from around the country, including the Minister of the Environment, José Sarney Filho, Alfredo Sirkis – Green Party, Federal Rep. Ronaldo Vasconcellos, José Carlos Carvalho – Executive Secretary of MMA, Tilden Santiago – Secretary of Environment-MG, Edson Zenóbio – Estado de Minas (newspaper), Hiram Firmino – Ecological Newletter, Ademar Leal Soares – President of Palíber and Juarez Amorim – Secretary of the Environment-Belo Horizonte.
It has developed such important programs as the creation of APA – Vau-Açu Ecological Reserve – in the state of Minas Gerais, reserving 302 hectares of Atlantic Rain Forest – a well-preserved piece of forest with large and medium-size trees, various species of animals and birds, waterfalls and water sources. 
   
The principal goals of the events hosted by PALÍBER are to increase environmental awareness, to find solutions to the increasing environmental problems threatening many regions of the planet, as well as reducing the causes of poverty.  
 
 
 
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