The G7 approves a plan to help end the Amazonian fire

BIARRITZ.- Yesterday the President of
la France,
Emmanuel Macron, said the leaders of the main
savings of the world that activates a plan of
help to calm the
fires in the
Amazon and today your request has been heard: the countries of
G7, gathered in a
Mountain peak in the south of the Gallic country, they agreed to help the countries affected by the conflict
fire.

After Macron's televised speech, in which he expressed his concern about the situation and called for a "mobilization of all the powers", he and the leaders of the United States, Germany, Great Britain, Britain, Italy, Canada and Japan have agreed to act "as quickly as possible."

"We are all in agreement to help the countries affected by these fires as quickly as possible," said Macron, host of this forum of industrialized countries which meets from 24 to 26 August in the French city of
Biarritz.

"Our teams are in contact with all Amazonian countries so that we can meet our commitments with technical and financial means," said the French president.

"The importance of the Amazon for these countries and for the international community is such – in terms of
the biodiversity, oxygen and the fight against global warming – we must proceed with reforestation, "he added.

Macron also dismissed criticisms of possible interference in the sovereign affairs of other countries and recalled that France is "one of nine Amazonian countries" because of Guyana, a French territory located northeast of South America.

The announcement of the G-7 comes a few minutes after the
Pope join the group at the international level and ask "the
lung of our
planet"Let's pray that, thanks to everyone's efforts, the fires will be controlled as soon as possible," he said.

Official data from the National Institute of Space Research (INPE) showed yesterday that between Thursday and Friday, they said
Brasil A total of 1663 fires, more than half in the Amazon, the largest of six biomes in the country and home to more than 20 million people out of 210 million inhabitants.

Mercosur-EU

The crisis triggered by the fires generated a wave of global indignation, demonstrations in several countries and also defeated the free trade agreement concluded in June between the two countries.
European Union (EU) and the
Mercosur.

The French president, who accused his Brazilian counterpart,
Jair Bolsonaro, If he had lied about his environmental commitments, he said that under these conditions, he would oppose this pact.

AFP and AP agencies

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