A dozen rainforest countries formed a pact on Wednesday at a summit in Brazil to demand developed countries pay to help poorer nations combat climate change and preserve biodiversity.
The joint statement, titled "United for Our Forests," was issued by Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Guyana, Indonesia, Peru, the Republic of Congo, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Venezuela.
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called this week's Amazon Summit in a bid to forge a united front among rainforest nations when they engage in international negotiations like the United Nations' COP28 climate summit, due to be held later this year. In the joint statement, the dozen countries called for financing mechanisms to be developed for the world to pay for the critical services provided by forests.
The countries also condemned the use of environmental measures that they said are disguised as trade restrictions, alluding to the European Union's passage of a law prohibiting firms from importing goods linked to deforestation.a day earlier by the eight Amazon nations, which was criticized by some environmentalists for failing to secure a commitment to end deforestation by 2030.
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