New Brazilian edition of Becoming Nature Positive released at COP30 in Portuguese language

Belém, Brazil, 10 November 2025: The world’s first book about Nature Positive has been released at the COP30 climate conference in a new Portuguese translation, published by Editora Jandaíra and the Arapyaú Institute, with additional chapters by leading Brazilian experts. The book includes a foreword by Lélia Wanick Salgado and photographs by Sebastião Salgado.

Originally published by Routledge Earthscan in June 2025 and written by a diverse group of global nature leaders, the book Becoming Nature Positive: Transitioning to a Safe and Just Future provides a snapshot of how the Nature Positive global goal came to be, why it matters, and what it will take to achieve it across business, finance, governance and society.

The new edition in Portuguese language, entitled A Era da Natureza, or ‘The Nature Epoque’, is augmented with additional contributions written by Brazilian experts and thought leaders across sectors:

• Lívia Pagotto, Institutional Director, Arapyaú Institute
  Chapter: Positive Nature in perspective: an introduction to perspectives from Brazil

• Renata Piazzon, Executive Director, Arapyaú Institute
  Chapter: Retelling Nature: new narratives for a world in transition

• Carlos Afonso Nobre, Professor of Climate and Sustainability, Institute of Advanced Studies at USP; Co-Chair, Scientific Panel for the Amazon
  Julia Arieira, Member of Technical-Scientific Secretariat, Scientific Panel for the Amazon
  Diego Oliveira Brandão, Member of Technical-Scientific Secretariat, Scientific Panel for the Amazon
  Chapter: The Amazon and the urgent need for positive solutions based on nature

• Vanda Witoto, Indigenous leader; Executive Director, Witoto Institute
  Chapter: Positive humanity

• Ilona Szabó, Co-founder and President, Igarapé Institute
  Chapter: Valuing nature – pathways to finance new economies

• Roberto S. Waack, President, Arapyaú Institute; Board Member Marfrig Global Foods
  Chapter: Natural capital as an asset class

• Izabella Teixeira, Former Minister of the Environment and Climate Change of Brazil
  Nature and a new political role in a changing world

• Adnan Demachki, Founder, Brazilian Bar Association; Former Mayor of Paragominas
  Chapter: Local response to global challenges: the Paragominas case

Nature Positive is a global societal goal to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030 with continued recovery to 2050, agreed by all countries in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s COP15 conference in 2022. The goal means ensuring there is more nature in the world tomorrow than today, for the benefit of all. But challenges remain – from finance and measurement to multilateral ambition and cooperation. 

Roberto Waack, Chair of the Arapyaú Institute, said:
“The book is essential reading at a time when humanity stands at an existential crossroads. Consolidating nature as vital infrastructure for human well-being is the path toward transforming it into a true asset class. We must understand that natural capital will only achieve scale once we stop treating it as a moral exception and start recognizing it as the foundation of our economic systems.” 

Izabella Teixeira, Former Minister of the Environment and Arapyaú Fellow, said:
“Nature must be seen as a political force in a world undergoing transformation – a strategic ally in the struggles for security, development and the future. Recognizing its presence and its rhythms is essential to redefining power relations and building new forms of cooperation and prosperity.” 

Vanda Witoto, Indigenous leader and Arapyaú Fellow, said:
“We, Indigenous peoples, are intrinsically interdependent with nature. We recognize the Earth as our mother, the forest as our sister, and the river as our grandfather. For us, a nature-positive future means recognizing the wholeness of all forms of life, as every being that inhabits nature has a spirit and a right to exist. Humanity must regenerate its thoughts and attitudes to understand this sacred relationship, which is essential for the continuity of life on Earth.”

Marco Lambertini, Convener of the Nature Positive Initiative, said: 

“I am excited to see the publication of this special Brazilian edition of Becoming Nature Positive. A safe and just people-positive future depends on a nature-positive one. Brazil’s immense natural heritage, natural capital and biodiversity play a crucial role in supporting local, regional and global ecological and climate stability which, in turn, is crucial to our wellbeing, prosperity and equity. This, coupled with Brazil’s deep and ancestral relationship with nature, puts the country in a pivotal role to drive the “Great Transition” to a nature-and-people positive future. This Brazilian edition of Becoming Nature Positive is enriched by inspiring and thought-provoking additional contributions from Brazilian thought leaders, to whom I am deeply grateful. Launching the book during COP30 in Belém is of key significance given the indivisible nature-climate nexus and the fact that nature is fundamental to our ability to tackle the climate crisis.”

As humanity sits at an existential crossroads, Becoming Nature Positive: Transitioning to a Safe and Just Future articulates why a nature-positive future is the only way to secure the functioning and stability of Earth systems essential to the survival and wellbeing of present and future human generations – as well as the rest of Earth’s amazing diversity of life. It is available to buy as a print edition, or to read for free online under the Creative Commons Open Access license.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

• Launch event at COP30: Saturday 15 November, 12:30 BRT in the Planetary Sciences Pavilion (Blue Zone), COP30, Belém (PA), Brazil 
• Read more about the new Brazilian edition, A Era da Natureza, on the Arapyaú website, and it is available for purchase on the Editora Jandaíra website and Amazon. 
• Learn more about the original book and download your free Open Access edition, here.
• Media contact: for more information, comment or interviews, please reach out to Gemma Parkes | gparkes@naturepositive.org

About the Nature Positive Initiative 

The Nature Positive Initiative gathers some of the world’s largest sustainable business and finance coalitions; standards, disclosure and targets frameworks; global conservation organizations; and science, subnational governance and Indigenous knowledge networks, to drive alignment around use of the term ‘nature positive’ and support broader, longer-term efforts to deliver nature-positive outcomes. The Nature Positive Initiative is reinforced by the Nature Positive Forum, a group of more than 300 organizations and institutions that have committed to uphold the definition of Nature Positive by 2030 and pursue action to secure a nature positive world. Those interested in joining can apply to the Forum here – or subscribe to our newsletter to stay updated.