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Road extension will lead to loss of endangered tree species

BNDES (Brazilian National Bank for Economic and Social Development) has approved R$ 248.5 million ($44 million) in financing for a project linked to COP30 (United Nations Climate Change Conference) that impacts a remaining forest area in Belém, the city that will host the UN summit in November.

The duplication and extension of Rua da Marinha, a long road bordering a green area in Pará’s capital, will cause deforestation of Amazon vegetation, leading to the loss of trees from 64 species — including five of high ecological importance and two officially listed as endangered species in Brazil’s flora.

O BNDES, assim como qualquer organização, carece de recursos para que consiga desempenhar seus papéis no âmbito do – como diz o próprio nome – desenvolvimento econômico social. As formas como ele capta recursos são, quase que em totalidade, definidas por leis que garantem a manutenção e a atuação funcional do banco.

No gráfico abaixo vemos o detalhamento com percentuais respectivos aos principais meios de captação de recursos do BNDES.

Figura 1: Percentuais das captações de recursos do BNDES Fonte: BNDES

A imagem apresenta os últimos quatro anos e o primeiro semestre deste ano. Faz-se notória a diminuição da captação de recursos por meio do Tesouro Nacional, à medida que a captação de recursos do FAT/PIS-PASEP tem aumentado, de 2016 à 2019, bem como do Patrimônio Líquido, das Captações Externas e das Outras Fontes Governamentais. Vale ressaltar que por “Captações Externas” entende-se  os recursos captados do mercado internacional por meio de operações de emissão de bonds e empréstimos junto a organismos multilaterais, agências governamentais e outras instituições.

O QUE PERDEMOS COM O INCÊNDIO DO MUSEU NACIONAL DO RJ

Nosso Mundo – Últimas Notícias

A Seção de Assistência ao Ensino do Museu Nacional disponibilizou a educadores e educandos um vídeo para apoio didático na área de história natural. Uma visita mediada ao Museu Nacional – UFRJ antes do incêndio, resume e guia o espectador pelas salas históricas e peculiaridades dessas exposições científicas que refletiam 199 anos de conhecimentos, agora quase totalmente destruídas para sempre. Os espaços expositivos da mais tradicional instituição brasileira de pesquisa e ensino em história natural são apresentados por dois jovens mediadores, permitindo aos professores planejarem a visitação e desdobrarem os temas transversais das exposições do museu.

Canal Museu Nacional UFRJ

Argumento e texto: Fernando Moraes Direção: Fernando Moraes e Mauricio Salles Apresentação: Jade Almeida e Henrique Sobral Imagens: Àthila Bertoncini, Dilson Cajueiro, Diogo Pagnoncelli, Fábio Borges, Fernando Moraes, Liliane Lodi, Mauricio Salles, Sergio Cabral, Wagner Pereira e Whelby Dias. Edição: Mauricio Salles Assistente de edição: Wagner Pereira Narração: André Rodrigues Finalização: MM Salles Produções

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Rise in interest rate could hinder plan to lend 2% of GDP

With expectations of continued increases in the key interest rate Selic in 2025, the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) anticipates greater challenges in maintaining the growth of its lending operations this year. The rise in the basic interest rate is likely to slow down companies’ investment plans, many of which rely on BNDES for financing.

The potential decline in credit demand due to the Selic increase could jeopardize the current administration’s goal of raising the institution’s disbursements to 2% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2026, according to analysts and BNDES sources consulted by Valor.

The bank’s disbursement figures for 2024 are not yet available, but Alexandre Abreu, BNDES’s Chief Financial and Capital Markets Officer, indicates, without giving specifics, that they will surpass 2023’s amount. By September 2024, the latest available data, the bank had disbursed R$87 billion, a 15% increase compared to the same period in 2023.

In that year, BNDES lent R$114.3 billion, equivalent to 1% of GDP. This figure was higher than in 2022, when the bank disbursed R$102 billion, equating to 0.97% of GDP, in constant values (adjusted for inflation).

China Development Bank signed a deal on Wednesday to loan 5 billion yuan ($690 million) to Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development BNDES, marking BNDES's first foreign currency operation.

The deal, announced during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Brasilia on Wednesday, was part of a package of 37 agreements across various sectors that marked increasing cooperation between China and Brazil.

The three-year loan will support a BNDES credit line for projects in different areas, the Brazilian bank said in a statement.

BNDES President Aloizio Mercadante said the bank has been intensifying its international operations to diversify funding and boost project lending in Brazil. He added that the loan in Chinese currency offers Brazilian entrepreneurs, particularly exporters, natural exchange rate protection.

Bank president says Brazil must make 'ambitious proposal' to be the first country to reach zero emissions

The president of the BNDES (National Bank for Economic and Social Development), Aloizio Mercadante, said this Tuesday (29) that the bank is studying a program to encourage the reforestation of up to 50 million hectares in the Amazon. He suggested that the plan is part of an "ambitious proposal" for Brazil to be the first among major economies to reach zero greenhouse gas emissions.

The deadline and conditions for reforestation, he said, are still being studied. Mercadante participated in an event promoted by Thinking 20, the academic engagement branch of the G20, the group that brings together the 20 largest world economies, which will be chaired by Brazil in 2024.

"Both at the G20 and at the COP [30, the UN conference to be held in Belém] and at the UN [United Nations] assembly, Brazil needs to present an ambitious proposal. We must strive to be the first country to present zero emissions among the G20 countries," he said.

Brazilian development bank BNDES reached an agreement with the cities ministry to structure urban mobility projects, which is likely to trigger investments in subway, train, light rail and bus corridor initiatives, among others.

The bank looks to structure urban transport projects in 21 metropolitan regions, including Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Recife, Belém, Porto Alegre and Curitiba, along with other cities.

The financial institution approved a USD 270 million finance for Embraer jets export to US group.

Brazil’s state development bank BNDES has approved a financing of BRL 1.3 billion (USD 270 million) for the export of eleven Embraer E-175 commercial jets to US’s Alaska Air Group. The airline operates a route network covering 120 destinations in North and Central America, including Hawaii, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Belize, and it owns subsidiaries Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air.

The aircraft will be delivered to Horizon between 2023 and 2024. This financing marks BNDES’ first aircraft export financing for Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air Industries. Horizon, acting as the importer, will commit to paying BNDES in dollars, generating foreign exchange for Brazil in that currency.

The bank sees the aeronautical sector as strategic, given its high value-added technological content, innovation, and workforce training potential. As customary in direct operations within the aeronautical industry, the aircraft will be the primary collateral for the financing.