Military prevention will not be taken off the table. Kimberly refusing to rule out force in niger but they say diplomacy is the best way to restore civilian rule. Ive in bangladesh and will bring you more on the devastating landslide and flooding thats taken place in this area. Kimberly eight south american countries have agreed to launch an alliance to fight deforestation in the amazon and vowed at a summit in brazil to stop the worlds biggest rain forest from reaching a point of no return. The summit opened on the same day the European Unions climate observatory confirmed july was the hottest month ever recorded on earth. There are many amazons. The amazons of bolivia, brazil, colombia, ecuador, guyana, peru and venezuela are represented here in this meeting. As a whole, these amazons are home to many others. The amazon of the forest and cities, the amazon of workers, women, and young people, the amazon of Indigenous Peoples and traditional communities, the amazon of culture, science, and ancestoral knowledge. Kimberly the twoday meeting is in the brazilian city of belam, known as the gateway to the amazon so what is the amazon Cooperation Organization hosting the summit . The amazon spans Nine Countries and eight of them signed a Cooperation Agreement in 1978 on issues affecting the rain forest. Here are the countries that share the amazon, including brazil, columbia, ecuador, venezuela, and they say during the summit theyll find solutions to protect the forest and its people. Their Biggest Challenges are reducing deforestation, promoting sustainable and forming a parliament. The latin american editor reports now from the summit. The president desilva is billing this summit as the first time the amazonian countries can speak to the world rather than be dictated to by the International Community. He had hoped to get a commitment from his peers to agree to zero deforestation in their am zoneian regions by the year 2030 and was not able to get that but from colombia who already committed to that along with desilva himself. There is agreement on other issues such as setting up a Common Police force to try to control the criminal gangs that are crossing the borders continually in this very, very porous amazonian region, trafficking in gold and emeralds and other things contaminating the rivers and also raising the crime level among the indigenous populations of that part of the amazon. Hes also calling for a more stringent cooperation in science and technology, but there havent been specific dates or deadlines placed on a lot of this. I have been hearing now that Foreign Ministers will be meeting within two months to try to come to an agreement on that and also to discuss some of the proposals that werent on the agenda originally, such as ending the production and extraction of oil in the amazonian region. Al jazeera, belem, brazil. Kimberly the leader was the only one to back desilvas goal of deforestation by 2030 and petro wants to go even further. I believe it is not even enough to reach zero deforestation anymore. Science says if we harmonize the whole world we would not be able to absorb the carbon emitted each year. The solution is to leave coal, oil and gas. But that is the need of the north to leave the fossil capital. Our need is to protect the sponge. Kimberly the president of colombia says its time to try something new in the fight against illegal miners and loggers who cut down trees, as teresa reports from the southern region. Alexander sanchez is on the front land of the colombia fight against deforestation as and in charge of the operations in the amazon rain forest. Sanchez says hes working with prosecutors and specialized officers to combat environmental crimes. We are looking at money launders so we can confiscate their property and they repay the damage they are doing to the amazon. Teresa his unit controls all the wood that leaves the areas as well as rescuing endangered species. After the government signed a Peace Agreement with the left wing rebel group the farq in 2016, millions of hectors of land in this area were destroyed and pristine forests were replaced with cattle and grass to feed them. The government now is trying a different approach and rather than prosecuting small farmers, theyre going after those who finance forestation. Colombia managed to reduce the deforestation the past year. The environmental ministers old al jazeera combating the illegal logging industry and working with local communities are priorities for colombias first left wing president petro. We are not going to legalize land that has been deforestated so that its price increases and this is a clear message we have to send. The other side is the communities that have more a culture of increasing agriculture from here but really are low income, not very productive. Teresa placing local communities at the forefront of the fight against land grabs is also part of the plan. Rodriguez is a Community Leader and working with local n. G. O. s to reforest areas close to a National Park. The government has good intentions but there are lots of people who want it to fail and are part of the business and in congress because they make the laws but then theyre the ones who do not respect them. Teresa the government has also the task of protecting people like rodriguez as colombia is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for environmental activists. Hundreds have been killed in the last decade. Colombias forests have been a victim of the war and violence that plagued this countrys history. Many hope this time the political will will be enough to revert the damage thats already been done. Teresa bo, colombia. Kimberly in the United States, President Joe Biden has visited Northern Arizona where he announced a new National Monument to protect land from uranium mining around a dozen indigenous tribes have called for the protection of around 4,000 scare kilometers in the grand Canyon National park. Proponents say it will encroach on private land and could affect local cattle ranching but the local tribes consider this land sacred and will provide refuge to a diverse range of wildlife. President biden fix the lands of the past and conserve this land for ancestoral footprints for all generations. Over the years hundreds of millions of people have traveled the grand canyon but few are aware of its full history. From time in memory yum where dozens of tribes have lived, gathered and prayeded on these lands but some 400 years ago were forced out and very active in preserving the grand canyon as a National Park was used to deny Indigenous People full access to their homelands. Kimberly earlier rob reynolds spoke to one of the tribal leaders in the grand Canyon National park in arizona. This land is now going to be preserved for all future generations. Well, id like to talk to a person now whose people have lived on this land for thousands of generations, carlotta, a private elder of the tsupai people and a member of the grand Tribal Coalition and thanks for speaking to us an your ancestoral land. You had a chance to speak to President Biden today. How big of an event is this for you and your people and other tribes in this area . This monument approval signed by the president is a very important event thats going to go into history into the future and its going to protect the lands forever. The tribal leaders wanted to make sure that their sacred lands called the grand canyon, be protected. These are areas of origin stories, of each and every member of the tribes. We believe we were created out of the grand canyon. Rob and the question of pollution, particularly uranium mining you believed was a direct threat . There are over 800 uranium claims as we speak in the monument area and those uranium claims sit above the largest aqua first. Rob ground water. And seeps into my village and creates waterfalls. I grew up swimming and drinking that water. Rob youre afraid the uranium would leak into the auction yawfers . We believe so and were not willing to take that risk and we hope the action today will open the door for other Indigenous People to preserve their sacred lands. Kimberly now to niger where leaders of a coup have refused to welcome delegations from the African Union and the regional organization. They say their safety cannot be guaranteed but the senior coup officials have met the deputy u. S. Secretary of state. Al jazeeras charles strategy ford reports from senegal. Charles the streets of the capital remain calm but the military coup leaders show no sign of backing down. Instead, announcing more new officials to replace the government of the democratically elected president mohammed barzum theyve held since july of 26. The council for the safeguard of the homeland head of state decrees article 1, mr. Mohammed is appointed Prime Minister. Charles all diplomatic efforts of finding a solution to the crisis have so far failed. In the latest response the military regents refused entry of a African Union and the u. N. Because of security concerns. This only hours after the acting u. S. Deputy secretary of state said she held two hours of difficult talks with the selfappointed defense minister and had been refused access to nigers detained leader. The u. S. Said it still remains hopeful diplomacy can work. The window of opportunity is definitely still open. We believe that they should step aside and allow the president bazoum to resume his duties, today, tomorrow or in the near future. Charles theyre struggling to pull together a force of soldiers from the military states it threatened to use in a last resort of a military operation to reinstate the deposed president. Nigerians president is the new chairman. Nigeria by far the biggest army in the region would be expected to take the lead of any such military operation. But the president is facing opposition from nigerian m. P. s including those in his own party and his people who fear the considerable risk of sparking a wider regional war, and if that were to happen, it could lead to a deterioration in the already difficult fight of armed groups like isil and al qaeda. We have multiple levers to achieve the end were hoping to achieve which is to uphold the protocols by ensuring theres a return of civilian democratic rule under the leadership of president bazoum. Charles the refusal to let them into the country by the union and delegation comes two days before a second emergency summit on the crisis. Its expected the focus of that summit will be discussions about a potential last resort military solution. The diplomatic avenues are still open but there are fears theyre becoming increasingly slim. Charles stratford, dakar. Kimberly a nigerian president is the chairman of the regional south african block and we spoke with his official spokesman and said diplomacy is the best way forward for resolving the crisis in niger but military intervention remains an option. We want to emphasize very clearly to the International Community tonight that we stand unified in solidarity and in our determination not to hold brief for any other nation, not to adopt the position of any geopolitical position of any other country or group of countries but to stand for africa on an african position that we are determined to ensure that civilian democratic governance is sustained on the continent for the prosperity, security and development of the countries on our beloved continent will be different. But we want to be very clear on this, we are not taking the kind of simplistic and bifurcated approach that some International Media have chosen to take, which is that either you must go in or youre not serious or you stay out or youre serious and stay out and youre not serious. We dont accept that simple narrative. Were saying we have multiple levers on which to leverage on which to achieve the end we are seeking to achieve which is to uphold the ecowas protocols by ensuring there is a return of civilian democratic rule under the leadership of the president bazoum as duly elected by the people of the niger republic. Whether it happens today or next week or next month, we will see but we are determined to leverage on all elements of our power regionally to ensure that happens and thats not limited only to military intervention though military intervention has not and will not be taken off the table. Kimberly still ahead on al jazeera violence in cape town in south africa after court bans taxi drivers from protesting. And chinas exports fall to their lowest level since the start of the pandemic in 2020 as demand from the United States and the European Union slumps. Stay with us. The next front will bring rain to adelaide and didnt bring much to perth. You have sunshine at 18 degrees. Theres a bit of warmth, more or less at 20 degrees or less in adelaide ahead of the rain and once it comes in, theres an active enough cold front to bring cold weather with it so youll see snow falling in the victorian alps and 50 degrees in melbourne. As for new zealand, proper southerly flow will mean Winter Weather and will feel cold and miserable in Christ Church and wellington. Melbourne gets the worst of it on thursday. Weve seen unusually heavy downpours in sumatra and are a bit lighter affecting the cry season and looks dry in myanmar and central thailand but the spinning storms of these here, we know its going to arouse the beginning of august and causing the most trouble not because of the strength of the wind but barely a Tropical Storm but the extent of the rain falling from it. The chances of landslides are quite high and it heads towards south korea. In fact the whole Korean Peninsula for thursday. African narratives from african perspectives. [speaking different language] short documentaries from african filmmakers from nigeria, south africa and cameroon. You fly the family in space and turn it into a food forest. A stone crushers song. Guerilla garden, and odd modern peanuts of cameroon on al jazeera. Kimberly welcome back, youre watching al jazeera. A reminder of our top stories at this hour, eight south american countries have agreed to launch an alliance to fight deforestation in the amazon at a summit in brazil but there was no consensus on how president desilvas zero forestation by 2030. Nigers coup leaders denied entry to a joint delegation from ecowas, the African Union and the u. N. They say they cant guarantee their safety. However, military delegations from mali and others have visited niger to meet with gentle leaders. The u. S. President joe biden announced a new National Monument in arizona to protect land from uranium mining, 4,000 square kilometers of the grand Canyon National park will be protected and some say it could encroach on private land and affect local cattle ranching but local tribes consider the land to be sacred. To italy now which has seen close to double the number of migrants arriving this year compared to last year. 50 more migrants are reported to have arrived on the island on tuesday. Al jazeeras hoda reports from there. What we do know is the Italian Coast Guard actually intercepted a fishing boat onboard were 50 migrants and were already in italian territorial waters and why they were intercepted and escorted here to the port of lampedusa and arrived two hours ago. The 50 appeared to be all from north african origins. We dont know exactly from which countries. We did ask the coast guard if they knew where they had left from and they assumed it was tunisia but the investigation is still underway. Theyve been brought at the moment to the Reception Center here. It is overcrowded with a capacity of 400 people and at the moment theres more than 1,000 1, 400 there, about 700 were today actually taken to mainland italy. But that shows you just that the flow continues, especially at a time where everybody we spoke to over the last 24 hours had told us they didnt expect any arrivals or anyone trying to cross the terrain these days because there are strong winds and rough seas. So actually one of the coast guards we spoke to said he was quite surprised that actually that boat was found out there at sea. At the same time theres another boat that was intercepted with 49 people on board and that one was taken to mainland italy further north. From what we understand on that boat, everybody is safe except one person missing. Again, we dont have more details than that at this stage. Kimberly in south africa, police fired rubber bullets and tear gas striking many taxi drivers who ignore ad court order to stop their sixday protest. Police in western Cape Province say looters are taking advantage of the strike. Five have been killed in the unrest. The striking drivers are protesting against what they say are unfair laws imposed by city authorities in cape town. We have more now from cape town on how police are responding to what they are calling opportunistic crimes. Following the violence blamed on striking taxi drivers, were now seeing what police are calling opportunistic crimes. Were outside cape town where there are a number of Police Officers trying to monitor the situation. There are at least 1, 500 deployed over parts of cape town and surrounding areas. Here we have seen groups of Community Members trying to loot stores and earlier trying to get to a liquor store but pushed back by Police Officers who used stun grenades, tear gas and rubber bullets to keep them back. It has been several hours since this began and likely will continue for many more. But police have said that they are prepared for any eventuality. In a country like south africa where there are number of issues around inequality and poverty, any unrest often leads to situations like this where police have to stop looting and other crimes. Al jazeera, cape town. Kimberly syria has extended permission for the United Nations to deliver vital humanitarian aid via two turkish crossings to the rebel held territory until november 13. Approval to use the border crossings were set to expire next week. Last month the u. S. Security council failed to renew a mandate for the main crossing. More than four Million People in syria rely on u. N. Aid. Pakistans former Prime Minister has been barred from politics in five years following his conviction for corruption. An order by the Election Commission said he was disqualified in line with his conviction. Parliament is expected to be resolved on wednesday ahead of elections later this year. He is appealing his conviction and was sentenced to three years in jail for selling state gifts while Prime Minister. He denies the charges and is being held in a high security prison. Kimberly chinas exports who suffered their worst fall since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020. Exports plunged by 14. 5 in july. Thats compared with a year earlier amid falling demand from the United States as well as europe. Now, imports dropped 12. 4 in july compared to the same period in 2022. Thats indicating falling domestic demand. And Economic Growth was 0. 8 in the three months ending in june compared with the previous quarter. Thats the equivalent for 3. 2 annual growth which would be among chinas weakest in three decades. Robert scott is an economic and financial analyst and he says chinas export slump is in part due to the Global Economic slowdown. Theres a cyclical component here. I think when the Global Economy recovers from the slowdown that were currently in, chinas exports may pick up again. Part of the decline in exports from china had to do with the long term effects of tariffs imposed five years ago by President Trump beginning in 2018. And what china did initially in response to its companies simply rerouted production through countries or moved factories to vietnam and thailand and mexico and other places, they still saw growing exports. Chinas exports continued to grow through last year but the turning point has been reached this year with the global slowdown and i think the uptake, or the uptick in Companies Moving their sourcing to be closer to the destination. Greenfield investment, china has fallen dramatically over the last five years and i think reflects this change in sourcing strategy. Kimberly heavy rain has battled bangladesh for more than a week causing landslides that killed at least six people and also caused Severe Damage to the fragile infrastructure in the refugee camps. We have a report now. Reporter excessive rain and water from the region along with tidal serve has caused wide damage in the hill region of southwest bangladesh, many areas including cities and towns are subamericanned, including the bazaar where millions of refugees live. One woman said she barely escaped from the crackdown inmileanhour mar with her family of five in 2017 and now has to deal with the main of losing two of her closest family members in myanmar. My daughter and 2 1 2yearold granddaughter died due to landslides. They were buried in the mud. Im feeling emotionally down and upset and miss them so much. Cutting to the official figure, there have been more than a hundred landslide incidents in the camps alone and more than 1, 500 makeshift homes were damaged or destroyed due to bad weather in the bazaar. Some of the refugees were taken to shelters. Others were left to fend for themselves. This man is trying his Sophie Fouron i have to walk really slowly, but i can actually get really close to them. Right there, royal penguins. We are between argentina and antarctica, in a windswept country the Falkland Islands or the malouines, or the malvinas, depending on where you come from. You might remember