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An actionable plan, one that can receive investments, with very clear, direct policies and therefore get action on the ground in the very consistent way. so i would say the belem declaration is a good beginning, but for sure the commitment of each one of the countries from now on, and the possibility of a deeper coordination, is going to be absolutely key in the next few months. weve been telling you about europes deadly summer wildfire season — and its now portugals turn to feel the heat. as ...

Nations gathered in Belem agree to a list of environmental policies but fall short on deforestation and oil.

Donors from industrialised nations were under pressure on Wednesday at a top level conference on the Amazon to do more to help preserve the world's largest rainforest.

The Amazon climate summit is over and a final joint declaration, called the Belem Declaration, has created an alliance for combatting forest destruction without any overall conclusion or guiding principle,  with countries left to pursue their individual goals to restrict further deforestation.

Eight Amazon nations have failed to agree on a common goal for ending deforestation in a two-day summit in Brazil, as they urged industrialised countries to do more to preserve the rainforest. Leaders and representatives of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador and Suriname met for the first time in 14 years in the hope of offering a unified position on how to protect the Amazon rainforest from threats like deforestation and crime.

Eight Amazon basin nations announced an agreement Wednesday on preservation of the rainforest to “avoid the point of no return” but fell short of a shared goal on deforestation. The declaration comes at the conclusion of a two-day summit this week of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) member states Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana,…

The use of the region’s resources for the benefit of all without infringing on countries’ sovereignty was a common desire expressed by representatives at the summit.

The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation members are expected to reach an agreement on Tuesday afternoon. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Countries that have territory in the Amazon rainforest are meeting in a bid to reach agreement on strategies to stop deforestation by 2030.

Leaders of the eight Amazon rainforest countries are gathering on Tuesday for the first time in 14 years, with plans to reach a broad agreement on issues from fighting deforestation to financing sustainable development. The summit of Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) members in the Brazilian city of Belem could agree to a regional pact to stop deforestation by 2030, end illegal gold mining, and cooperate on cross-border policing of environmental crime. Leaders are expected to annou...