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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva opens an Amazon rainforest summit in Belem, in northern Brazil, in a "context of severe worsening of the climate crisis" as South American leaders are set to seek a roadmap to save the Amazon. It is the first summit in 14 years for the eight-nation Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, set up in 1995 by the countries that share the Amazon basin: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.

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00:00 It's been 14 years since we last met.
00:03 It's the first time we do it here in Pará,
00:07 and the first time in a context of severe aggravating the climate crisis.
00:13 It was never so urgent to resume and expand this cooperation.
00:18 The challenges of our era and the opportunities that arise demand joint action.
00:25 We will discuss and promote a new sustainable development vision,
00:30 including in the region,
00:32 combined with environmental protection,
00:34 with the generation of decent jobs
00:36 and the defense of the rights of those who live in the Amazon.
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