00:00 Amazon Summit concluded this Wednesday in Brazil, with the participation of presidents
00:04 and heads of delegations from the eight countries of the region, as well as guests from Asia
00:09 and Africa.
00:11 The participants in the environmental event released a joint statement of the four developing
00:16 countries with ten central axes of what should be the environmental policy to follow.
00:22 The participants recognized the permanent contribution of indigenous peoples and local
00:26 communities, reaffirmed their commitment to the preservation of forests, and called for
00:31 reducing deforestation and forest degradation.
00:35 The statement also pointed out that climate change is already affecting tropical forests
00:39 around the world, and that international cooperation is the most effective way to reduce environmental
00:45 damage.
00:46 The Amazon bloc countries made an appeal to developing countries to exercise a greater
00:50 influence on the management of resources intended for the conservation and sustainable use of
00:56 biodiversity.
01:02 The president of Brazil, Ignacio Lula da Silva, in an intervention during the working meeting
01:06 of the second day of the Amazonian Summit, noted that throughout the event a very positive
01:12 dialogue has been materialized between the eight nations that make up the region.
01:32 Throughout the summit we were able to establish an excellent dialogue between the eight countries.
01:56 I would also like to highlight the importance of the fact that we have here reunited the
02:04 heads of state of the main countries who are bordering the Amazonas.
02:11 And Lula advised that the measures must be taken to care not only for the Amazon, but
02:15 also for the world among all countries.
02:19 To create a set of measures to protect not only the biggest green area in the world,
02:25 but the rest of the forest throughout the world.
02:36 What we have accomplished here in this summit are only a few steps, but we need to keep
02:42 working and we need to keep investigating and joining forces in an effort to be able
02:48 to solve the current crisis.
02:52 On Wednesday, on his closing remarks at the fourth meeting of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty
02:57 Organization, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vowed to protect the rights
03:02 of the indigenous peoples living in the Amazon area by all the necessary means.
03:09 You need to take into account that one of the most precious areas that we have here
03:13 in Brazil is where the indigenous people live, and that's why we take into account their
03:18 thoughts and concerns.
03:24 We are going to take all the necessary measures to protect the environment, even if that includes
03:30 the military police, in order to achieve this.
03:38 This would represent a great challenge, taking into account that this is not a small territory,
03:46 it is quite big, so it would take a lot of effort from authorities and professionals.
03:59 We also need, and we are working very hard on this, we are trying to expel criminal bands
04:06 from the Amazon area.
04:09 During his press conference, Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira highlighted the relevance
04:14 of this summit, which included the presence and support of important sectors of the civil
04:19 society.
04:20 I would also like to add that this conference is of great importance and relevance because
04:26 of the level of participation.
04:28 That is why I said it has been one of the most important presidential summits within
04:33 the ACTO, because there was as well an unprecedented presence from members of the civil society.
04:40 Those who were here have seen that from Friday to Sunday, talks were heard with the civil
04:45 society, the Amazonian talks, which were very intense and very representative, very numerous,
04:51 with over 400 events and series of plenaries.
04:54 Today six representatives, one from each area, presented their report from their talks to
04:59 the ACTO Head of the State.
