2023-08-10 19:22:15
By Marc Cherki
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An aerial view shows deforestation on the border between the Amazon and the Cerrado in Nova Xavantina, Brazil, July 28, 2021. Amanda Perobelli / REUTERS
DECRYPTION – The eight main countries that host the primary forest have made no concrete commitments before 2030.
The summit of the eight member countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela), which had not been held since 2009 and took place in Belem on August 8 and 9, in northern Brazil, is considered disappointing by scientists. “The summit set objectives for the Amazon for 2030, but it is immediately that we must act because from 2025, tipping points risk being crossed.deplores in particular Jhan Carlo Espinoza, hydroclimatologist and research director at the IRD (Research Institute for Development) in Grenoble. «No “cerrado” (the savannah, editor’s note) is already spreading south from the Amazon“, warns the researcher.
The latter was able to study, thanks to the Make Our Planet Great Again initiative launched by Emmanuel Macron in 2017, how deforestation affects the water cycle in the region. The Amazon is responsible for around 40% of the fresh water that reaches the oceans. Half is provided…
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