Amazon Summit: Environmentalists criticize lack of concrete goals
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 ...