South America Is About To Take A Major Step Towards Addressing Deforestation In The Amazon
The eight countries which share the rainforest have agreed to meet and hash out a solution today.
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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.