Eight Amazon Nations, including Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru, agreed on unified environmental policies and measures at a rainforest summit in Brazil. However, they failed to agree on a common goal for ending deforestation. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had pushed for a common policy of ending deforestation by 2030, but the joint declaration created an alliance for combating forest destruction while allowing countries to pursue their own deforestation goals. The failure to agree on forest protection highlights the challenges of global climate change agreements. The summit also addressed issues such as illegal gold mining and cross-border environmental crime.

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