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Tag: Amazon basin summit

  • Wednesday, August 28th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

    Peru and Colombia propose an emergency Amazon basin summit

    Peru president Martin Vizcarra and Colombia's Ivan Duque called for an urgent meeting on Sep 6 in Colombia to “join forces” in protecting the rainforest

    Peru and Colombia proposed on Tuesday an emergency Amazon summit for countries in the region in order to coordinate a strategy to protect the vast rainforest currently blighted by numerous fires. The Amazon is known as the “planet's lungs” but is suffering from its worst outbreak of fires in years, which has sparked a global outcry.