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Amazon leaders not on the same page
The Amazon Summit, a gathering of Amazonian countries and supporters of its conservation, will end today with less ambitious goals than expected.
- Last night, participating countries signed the Belém Declaration, a joint statement proposing cooperation between nations to avoid reaching the Amazon’s tipping point and establishing the Amazonian Anti-Deforestation Alliance.
- But the Alliance fell short of proposing combined targets for reducing deforestation. And the joint declaration overlooked growing concerns about oil exploration in the region.
Why it matters. President Gustavo Petro of Colombia echoed what environmentalists, NGOs, and indigenous peoples had already discussed at a pre-summit event: stopping deforestation is important, but it is not enough. It is also necessary to address the use of natural resources in the region that could increase carbon emissions.
- In other words, they argue that it’s not very...