Leaders of countries home to the vast Amazon signed
a pact on Friday Sep 13,2019 aimed at sharing resources and taking greater steps to
protect the world's largest tropical rainforest.
Among those in attendance at Friday's meeting were Peruvian President
Martin Vizcarra, Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno and Bolivian
President Evo Morales, as well as the Suriname Vice President Michael
Adhin, Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo and Guyana Natural
Resource Minister Raphael Trotman. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who said he was unable to travel due to his health, joined via video conference.
Venezuela was not invited to the meeting
The talks, led by Colombian President Ivan Duque, took place in Leticia, the Colombian region home to part of the Amazon rainforest.
According to the "Leticia Amazon pact", the
Amazonian countries will "strengthen coordinated action", "establish [a]
regional cooperation mechanism", "increase efforts associated with
monitoring forest cover", and "strengthen the capacities and
participation of indigenous and tribal peoples", among other actions.
The pact was thin on specifics, however.
Venezuela was not invited to the meeting
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