Amazon nations fail to reach agreement on zero deforestation by 2030

The members of the Amazon Co-operation Treaty Organisation (Acto), are hoping a united front will give them a major voice in global talks

Amazon nations have been discussing how to tackle the immense challenges of protecting the rainforest and stemming the worst of climate change (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Eight Amazon nations have called on industrialised countries to do more to help preserve the world’s largest rainforest as they met at a major summit in Brazil.

The leaders of South American nations that are home to the Amazon, meeting at a two-day summit in the city of Belem, said the task of stopping the destruction of the rainforest cannot fall to just a few when the crisis has been caused by so many.