Leaders of the 8 Amazon countries will meet representatives of other countries that have rainforests
Environment
Amazon nations to address ‘narco-deforestation’ and Indigenous rights
A rainforest science panel will also be created at a summit happening on August 8-9
The countries will meet next week for a summit on cooperation to save the rainforest
Nuclear energy is a ‘vector for industrialization,’ says Argentine Foreign Minister
Santiago Cafiero opened the Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting, where Argentina is currently president
In the final year of Jair Bolsonaro’s government in Brazil, deforestation of the Amazon continued unabated
Rewilding Argentina Director Sofia Heinonen earned Buenos Aires City government award for work restoring biodiversity
The world saw its hottest year on record in 2016, the last time the natural climate phenomenon was underway
The plan includes using satellite imagery to track criminal activity and a tracing system for Amazonian products
President Lula: “I asked: why not host it in an Amazonian state, so you can know what the Amazon really is?”