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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 announce the final agreement, known as the Belem Declaration, late on Tuesday afternoon.

Eight Amazon rainforest nations are expected to face divisions over proposals to block new oil drilling and end deforestation…

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

Eight Amazon rainforest nations are expected to face divisions over proposals to block new oil drilling and end deforestation when they meet on Tuesday for their first summit in 14 years. ...

LOS AMIGOS BIOLOGICAL STATION, Peru, Aug 5 - I n a camping tent in the Peruvian jungle, four scientists crowded around a tiny patient: An Amazonian rodent that could fit...