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The eight countries which share the rainforest have agreed to meet and hash out a solution today.

The eight countries which share the rainforest have agreed to meet and hash out a solution today.

While the Amazon is home to millions of people and contains one in 10 known species on Earth, it is also a crucial carbon sink for the climate. But having lost more than 85 million hectares, about 13% of its original area, the rainforest is under threat.

Brazil hosted regional leaders to confer on the preservation of the Amazon Rainforest, an ecosystem vital to the battle against climate change. South American nations are split, however, on a complete deforestation ban.

Now an Actionable Plan is Needed to Boost Investment in Favor of the Forest and the Amazon People BELÉM, BRAZIL (August 8, 2023) — Today, eight countries of the Amazon Basin agreed to a major new declaration that puts forth a unified vision to protect the rainforest. 

By Jake Spring BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) - The Amazon rainforest's eight countries held a summit in Brazil on Tuesday for the first time in 14 years, with

India in general and Northeast India in particular is a land of cultural and ethnic diversit, says Dhanamanjuri University VC professor N Rajmohun Singh