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The 113 objectives and principles listed in the Belém Declaration, signed at the end of the Amazon Summit by the eight signatory countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty (ACTO), set no targets for deforestation and offer no practical solutions to prevent climate change. Such is the conclusion reached by NGOs following the debate held in Belém, Pará state, this week.In the view of Greenpeace Brasil, which participated in the Amazon Dialogues and watched the Amazon Summit, the document with the commitments of the Amazon governments fails to establish goals and deadlines for deforestation and the end of oil exploration in the region. According to Greenpeace Brasil Program Director Leandro Ramos, the Belém Declaration does not bring clear measures to respond to the crises currently facing ...

Amidst the month when Belém, the capital of Pará state, welcomed the Amazon Dialogues and Amazon Summit, pivotal gatherings uniting authorities and environmental advocates for discussions on sustainable regional growth, researchers are flagging the "alarming expansion" of clandestine forest pathways along BR-319 road in the southern part of Amazonas state.A BR-319 Observatory (OBR-319) survey underscores the proliferation of such illegal routes, stretching across 5,092 kilometers in municipalities like Canutama, Humaitá, Manicoré, and Tapauá. This distance is nearly six times (5.8) the length of BR-319, which links the Amazonas and Rondônia state capitals, Manaus and Porto Velho, respectively. The period from 2016 to 2022 witnessed a 68 percent surge, adding 2,061 kilometers of new roads...

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Amazon Summit: Environmentalists criticize lack of concrete goals

Environmentalists denounce “alarming” deforestation in Amazonas state