Amazon Nations Fall Short of Agreed Goal to End Deforestation 

The eight countries that share the Amazon basin have fallen short of an agreed goal to end deforestation. <br />Delegates from the countries are meeting in the Brazilian city of Belém for a two-day summit on the issue, the first such gathering in 14 years. <br />A joint declaration created an alliance to combat deforestation but left each country to pursue its own conservation goals. <br />Ahead of the summit, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had called for a common goal of ending deforestation by 2030, a policy his own government has already adopted. <br />Lula says the challenges of our era, and the opportunities arising from them, demand we act in unison.<br /><br />This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/4166630/advertisement">https://www.spreaker.com/show/4166630/advertisement</a>