As Brazil prepares to host COP30 in Belém this November, the world’s attention naturally turns to the Amazon—the planet’s largest and most vital rainforest. And with good reason. The Amazon is essential to global climate stability and central to Brazil’s identity. Deforestation and burning must be stopped, criminals must be prosecuted, and the bioeconomy must be strengthened. But let’s be clear: as critical as the forests are, we must move beyond trees to solve the climate cr