Lula and Petro agree to strengthen the fight against environmental crimes in the Amazon

In a bilateral meeting after the South American summit the day before, the leaders agreed on the need to combat “loggers, illegal miners, land grabbers and drug traffickers” in the Amazon region, details a statement released by the Brazilian Presidency.

“We are going to make an agreement between Amazon countries to revitalize it. It includes the scientific, political and military defense of the world's third climate pillar”, said Petro in a message on Twitter along with a photo with Lula, at the end of the meeting at Palácio da Alvorada.

Lula and Petro also discussed measures to “strengthen” the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), a body also made up of Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, which seeks to preserve the largest tropical forest in the world.

The two left-wing leaders will meet again at a forum for scientific debates on the Amazon, which will be held on July 8 in the border city of Leticia, Colombia, according to the Planalto statement.

After this “preparatory” meeting, Lula will host, in August, a summit of Amazonian countries in which Petro confirmed his participation, in Belém.

At the meeting, “the route to revitalizing the forest” will be presented to the world, the Colombian wrote in his tweet.

Alarms went off around the world regarding the deterioration of the Amazon.

After the government of Jair Bolsonaro, highlighted by opponents and environmental organizations for his “anti-environmental” policy, Lula, upon assuming power, promestrengthen environmental protection mechanisms. Among other goals, it proposed to eradicate illegal deforestation in the Amazon by 2030.

Belém will also host the COP30 climate conference in 2025.

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