Iran Press/ America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela sign a declaration to safeguard the Amazon.
Leaders from South American nations also challenged developed countries to do more to stop the enormous destruction of the world's largest rainforest, a task they said cannot fall to just a few countries when the crisis has been caused by so many.
The closely-watched summit of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) adopted on Tuesday what host country Brazil called a "new and ambitious shared agenda" to save the rainforest, a crucial buffer against climate change that experts warn is being pushed to the brink of collapse.
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