harder with climate change. so we will have to prepare and train ourselves to cope as well as possible with this heat. portugal remains on possible with this heat. portugal remains on high possible with this heat. portugal remains on high alert possible with this heat. portugal remains on high alert for- possible with this heat. portugal remains on high alert for them l possible with this heat. portugal- remains on high alert for them even as communities assess the damage the fire is not yet done. the second and final day of the amazon summit, aimed at protecting the rainforest, is underway in the brazilian city of belem. on tuesday, the eight countries sharing the amazon signed a declaration agreeing to work together to fight illegal logging, mining and organised crime. but no date was set to end deforestation, as the brazilian president luiz inacio lula da silva had advocated. live now to professor simon lewis, university college london. you specialise in global environmental c
silva had advocated. live now to david shukman, former bbc news science editor. give us a understanding of what impact this will have that this particular agreement wasn t reached. it is clearly a disappointment that they didn t manage to agree to all eight countries, to end deforestation by 2030. that had been the hope of the brazilian government, the host of this event and clearly behind the scenes there was disagreements over that particular objective. 0n the other hand, the brazilians should be congratulated, for staging this eventin congratulated, for staging this event in the first place. bringing together these eight nations, highlighting the plight of this globally important forest because it stores so much carbon, if we want to
tipping point, but clearly it does exist and we don t want to test whether it is. we perhaps are getting closer to it. the fact they put that in the final agreement does signify that they at least understand how important it is to try and stop the felling of the trees. , ., , ., , trees. there is hope in that this meetin: trees. there is hope in that this meeting is trees. there is hope in that this meeting is happening, - trees. there is hope in that this meeting is happening, that - meeting is happening, that deforestation is not as bad as it was during the tenure of the previous brazilian president that believed in business over conservation. believed in business over conservation. , ., , ., ., conservation. the previous brazilian president said conservation. the previous brazilian president said i conservation. the previous brazilian president said i don t conservation. the previous brazilian president said i don t understand i president said i don t understand why the w
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brazil does own nearly two thirds of the amazon rainforest, even if there are one or two countries that own bits of the forest that haven t signed up to the idea of ending deforestation by 2030, at least brazil is committed to that and i think that is enormously significant. i think brazil will continue on its current path and make it much harderfor illegal loggers, illegal miners to operate and that is something to be welcomed ljy and that is something to be welcomed by all. and that is something to be welcomed b all. ., ~ and that is something to be welcomed b all. . ~ ,, and that is something to be welcomed b all. ., ~ ,, y and that is something to be welcomed b all. . , . hundreds of firefighters have been tackling wildfires in portugal. although the country often suffers summer fires, these come amid a ferocious heatwave, with temperatures reaching 46.4 degrees celsius this week. 15 hundred residents and tourists have been evacuated from an area around 0demira. 0ur correspondentj