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Home countries of major rainforests agree to work together to save them
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BRAZZAVILLE, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Countries that are home to the world’s three major rainforests agreed on Saturday to cooperate to overcome deforestation and safeguard biodiversity but fell short of a concrete alliance to protect the vital carbon sinks.
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“We’ve realised that joining forces is an absolute necessity, and we’ve recognised that the initiative to unite the three basins is part of an inevitable dynamic,” said Republic of Congo environment minister Arlette Soudan Nonault.
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The basins are home to two thirds of Earth’s biodiversity, but rapid destruction is releasing planet-warming carbon dioxide and imperilling global climate targets.
Deforestation increased 4% worldwide in 2022, according to an October report showing countries went further off track from pledges made at the 2021 U.N. climate talks to halt and reverse loss and degradation by 2030.
Over the three days of the summit in Brazzaville, experts and policymakers from countries with tropical forests discussed shared priorities ahead of the U.N. COP28 climate talks next month.
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“More efforts will be needed to enhance concrete collaboration between the three regions to foster real action to halt deforestation,” the World Wildlife Fund said in a statement.
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