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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Steven Grattan

Top officials of Amazon nations meet in Colombia to push joint rainforest protection plan

Colombia Amazon Summit - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Presidents from South America’s Amazon nations gathered Friday alongside Indigenous leaders to agree on a joint plan to safeguard the world’s largest rainforest — a vast region seen as crucial to slowing global warming.

Gathering in Colombia’s capital of Bogota, the presidents of Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia joined the vice president of Ecuador and other top officials from Amazon nations.

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