Belem: Amazon rainforest nations' leaders meeting today to decide roadmap to protect it

Belem: Amazon rainforest nations' leaders meeting today to decide roadmap to protect it

The Brazilian city of Belém is hosting a two-day conclave bringing together the presidents of eight Amazon nations including Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela.

Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has organised the conference as part of efforts to reposition his country as a political and environmental trailblazer after four years of Amazon devastation and international isolation under his far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro.

Lula had said last week that the meeting will seek to draw up a common policy for the first time to protect the rainforest.

The leaders of eight Amazon rainforest nations are meeting in this summit to tackle pressing challenges facing the critical ecosystem of Amazon rainforests.

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