The eight countries that share the Amazon rainforest among their territories approved a declaration on Tuesday that guarantees the reinforcement of the protection of this “lungs of the world”, with the launch of the Amazon Alliance to Fight Deforestation.
The text was signed today by Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, members of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty (TCA), during the Amazon Summit held in the city of Belém, in the Brazilian state of Pará.
Among the main points of the so-called Declaration of Belém, “the launch of the Amazon Alliance to Combat Deforestation stands out, based on national goals, such as zero deforestation by 2030 in Brazil, strengthening the application of forest laws.”
Source: TSF
