Eight South American nations recently agreed on a list of joint actions to protect the Amazon rainforest, but failed to mention a long-awaited target to halt deforestation by 2030. Climate Home News, reports that the joint declaration issued last week in Belem, Brazil, formed an alliance to combat the destruction of forests, but left countries to put in place their own deforestation goals. It also fails to mention halting fossil fuel contracts in the Amazon rainforest, something Colombia was hoping to achieve.
