Leaders of eight Amazonian nations meeting in Belém, in the Brazilian state of Pará, reached agreement last Tuesday night on a list of policies and measures to boost regional cooperation on environmental matters, but failed to reach a joint commitment on goals to end deforestation. in Amazon.
Lula da Silva, the president of Brazil and host of the Amazon Summit, was campaigning for an international agreement to end deforestation by 2030, unable to convince the Latin American heads of government present at the event.
In the joint closing declaration issued at the end of the summit, the countries committed themselves to combating deforestation and protecting the “lungs of the world”, but through national measures and targets, which will support the work of the newly created Amazon Alliance. Elimination of Forests.
The lack of a more ambitious agreement to set common targets on deforestation is another sign of the difficulties, at the global level, of taking joint action in combating deforestation. Climate change.
Scientists and environmental activists continue to say that governments are moving too slowly to prevent it Global Warming and other consequences of the climate crisis.
“The planet is melting, and we are breaking temperature records every day. It is not possible that, in a scenario like this, eight Amazonian countries could not put together a statement, in bold letters, that deforestation must be zero and that drilling for oil in the middle of the jungle is not Good idea. In short, the document lacked strength “, Marcio Astrini, Executive Secretary of the Observatório do climateaccording to Folha de S. Paolo.
“The final declaration of the Amazon Summit is disappointing in many respects, but mainly because it does not include clear and concrete commitments that point to overcoming the relationship our country has today with the Amazon region,” adds Leandro Ramos, Program Director at Greenpeace. Brazil.
In addition to Lula, the summit brought together the presidents of Bolivia, Colombia and Peru and political leaders from Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.
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