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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. we've been telling you about europe's deadly summer wildfire season — and it's now portugal's turn to feel the heat. as i speak, fires fuelled by roasting temperatures and winds, they're pushing flames that have alre...

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.