Eight South American countries in the Amazon basin unite to launch an alliance to fight deforestation and to prevent rainforests from reaching a “point of no return”
Seeking to pressure the gathered heads of state, hundreds of environmentalists, activists and Indigenous demonstrators marched to the conference venue in Belem, urging bold action. / Photo: AP
The closely watched summit of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization adopted on Tuesday what host country Brazil called a"new and ambitious shared agenda" to save the rainforest, a crucial buffer against climate change that experts warn is being pushed to the brink of collapse. But the summit stopped short of environmentalists' and Indigenous groups' boldest demands, including for all member countries to adopt Brazil's pledge to end illegal deforestation by 2030 and Colombia's pledge to halt new oil exploration.
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