Amazon nations reach 'agreement' on deforestation says Brazil Foreign Minister

Speaking at a meeting of eight South American countries in Belem, Brazil's Foreign Minister, Mauro Vieira, says "there has been an agreement...an understanding on the issue of deforestation" after the nations in attendance vowed to prevent the Amazon rainforest reaching a point of no return.

Despite the pledge, the summit of Amazonian countries fell short of environmentalists' and Indigenous groups' demands.