Eight South American nations sharing the Amazon basin have agreed to a major regional pact aimed at curbing deforestation and promoting sustainable economic development across the rainforest. The agreement establishes a coordinated framework to combat illegal mining, logging, and organized crime, while pushing developed nations to fulfill climate financing commitments. While the pact stops short of setting a unified goal for zero deforestation, it marks a significant step forward in international environmental cooperation and the protection of biodiversity in the region.
- Eight South American countries signed a regional agreement to protect the Amazon rainforest and foster sustainable economic growth.
- The alliance establishes cross-border security measures to combat illegal deforestation, mining, and organized crime within the basin.
- Member nations called on developed countries to honor international funding pledges to support rainforest conservation and climate initiatives.
- The pact creates a joint scientific research body to monitor ecological changes and inform environmental policies across borders.
- The agreement emphasizes indigenous rights and local community participation in land conservation and natural resource management.
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absolute critical moment for Bolivia and the world, thanks for covering these topics
There has to be financial incentive NOT to deforest the Amazon. In addition to very harsh penalties. The world has to have the Amazon
Cover the same story in, odisha india. Adani is a biggest factor for deforestation in India.
Destroy the lungs of the planet for the almighty dollar. What a shame
They should continue deforestation imo. Humans > Nature.
Thought this was Erlich Bachman at first glance
It’s over the world is being consumed for the sake of profit and financial gain, the environment is being destroyed forest of being collected for their wood by the very locals who have maintained that land for hundreds if not thousands of years simply to make and meet for the likes of their family The air is being polluted the water is being consumed and we’re being sold low priced poorly made consumer goods that breaking into a week of ownership cars are getting worse utility cost higher, all neatly signed together by the very politicians that we have voted who are paid off by lobbyist by billion dollar corporations to promote their own interest we’re literally voting for our own destruction.
Companies do not invest to create social welfare. They all want more capital
That farm in San Ignacio de Velasco is doing incredible things. I wish I could directly donate to their efforts.
Brazilian soybean farmers are hardline supporters of right-wing extremist candidate Bolsonaro, the same one Trump is trying to impose against leftist president Lula da Silva. Americans know how to be ecologist, when it benefits American farmers. What a piece of environmental hipocrisy.
Oh, this is going viral on X
Hi, This is horrible. We can do crowd funding and raise 20 million USD to purchase land from INPA. What do you think of it? The only way to save forests is buying purchasing it.
World hunger has been cured already. We just tax the rich & Grocery stories with money & unsold food
When are they going to be happy enough? Rich enough? When there is no Amazon left to farm?