Amazon Summit Urges Developed Nations To Fulfill Climate Obligations

Afimag.com –

Twelve countries, representing the Amazon, Congo Basin and southeast Asia, have joined the treaty for rainforest funding.

The countries called on wealthy nations to meet their climate funding obligations, on the final day of the Amazon Summit in Belem, Brazil.

In a joint statement, the body called for the development of a financing mechanism so the international community could pay for the critical services provided by forests.

“Our countries must wield more influence over the management of resources allocated to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity,” the pact said of developing nations.

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