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Amazon nations fail to agree on deforestation goal as they call on industrialised countries to do more

Sky News Wednesday, 9 August 2023
Eight Amazon nations have failed to agree on a common goal for ending deforestation in a two-day summit in Brazil, as they urged industrialised countries to do more to preserve the rainforest.
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Speaking at a meeting of eight South American countries in Belem, Brazil's Foreign Minister, Mauro Vieira, says "there has been an agreement...an understanding on the issue of deforestation" after the nations in attendance vowed to prevent the Amazon rainforest reaching a point of no return. Despite...

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