Leaders from the eight countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) — including Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Brazil),Gustavo Petro (Colombia), and Luis Arce (Bolivia) — have formally approved the Bogotá Declaration, a renewed regional commitment aimed at safeguarding the Amazon rainforest and tackling climate-driven environmental threats.
The agreement, adopted on 22 August 2025, outlines a range of measures: strengthening multilateral cooperation to fight deforestation, curbing organized crime linked to illegal logging and land grabbing, boosting sustainable development policies, and enhancing the role of Indigenous peoples in conservation efforts.
A cornerstone of the pact is support for the newly proposed Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) — a fund aimed at mobilizing international financing to conserve tropical forests. Participating countries signaled readiness to back the fund ahead of the upcoming global climate summit COP30, scheduled to be held in the Amazon region later this year.
While the agreement stops short of committing to an immediate end-to-deforestation target, officials described the pact as a critical step toward coordinated action — saying that saving the Amazon is not simply a regional issue, but a global imperative.
