the amazon from reaching, quote, a point of no return . the lengthy roadmap outlined in the city of belem promotes sustainable development, an end to deforestation, and fighting the organised crime that fuels it. let s take a look at what s at stake: the amazon stretches nearly seven million square kilometres, or nearly three million square miles. about two thirds of that is in brazil. another seven countries and one terrority share the remaining third. under brazil s former president jair bolsonaro, years of deforestation in the amazon worsened. the orange on this map shows the areas of deforestation between 2019 and 2022 in the state of para, where the summit is being held. but new data shows a positive shift. deforestation in the amazon fell by 66% last month compared to the year before. it s now at its lowest rate in six years. our correspondent katy watson is at the summit in the amazon, and has more. we have had day one of the summit and already the countries participa
e we will roll with it and you will be surprised what happens in five years time. let s put this out. so we have to start. it s a big chunk of land of what is available. yeah. let s start a plantation over there. the land is there, the village is there, let s do it. fantastic, fantastic, let s do it, man. each year has been a record breaking hot year since we remember. so that s when i started looking at the bigger problem. these are a technique of making these large cones that could be 10 12 storeys tall, could hold some 10 million litres of water in the winter and then because of its geometric shape it doesn t melt untiljune. and when it melts in those months, it releases the water slowly, so that trees could be planted in deserts, or it augments the flow of streams so that farmers get a little more water in the crisis period. upstream where we put the pipe and downstream where we want the ice cone, the water wants to go to the same level as up and there is
the amazon from reaching a point of no return. the lengthy roadmap outlined in the city of belaine promotes sustainable development, an end to deforestation, and fighting the organised crime that fuels it. let s take a look at what s at stake: the amazon stretches nearly seven million square kilometres or nearly three million square miles. about two thirds of that is in brazil. another seven countries, and one territory share the remaining third. under brazil s former president, jair bolsonaro, years of deforestation in the amazon worsened. the orange on this map shows the areas of deforestation between 2019 and 2022 in the state of para, where the summit is being held. but new data shows a positive shift. deforestation in the amazon fell by 66% last month compared to the year before. it s now at its lowest rate in six years. our correspondent katy watson is at the summit in the amazon and has more. we have had day one of the summit and already the countries participating h
at the stadium where canada, brazil and the united states were eliminated. colombia and jamaica hoped to avoid a similar fate for the winners. england await. the first half was physical and tense, but ultimately goalless. that was nothing new forjamaica s defence, who ve been impenetrable in this tournament. but when catalina guzman brought a long ball down in the area perfectly, she ended that run. hit the front thanks to their captain on the night. her second goal of this fifa women s world cup. and it sends the colombians in the stands into raptures. over 300 minutes had gone by before jamaica conceded their first goal of the tournament and it brought them to life. moments later, they struck the woodwork, but they probably should have equalised. colombia spotted an opportunity and immediately hit on the counter a chance to double their lead. to no avail. england will watch this cautiously. something for them to keep in mind in the next round. jamaica kept pushing for an eq
In an ohio election vote that became a proxy battle ahead of november. nigeria refuses to rule out military intervention in niger. we ll speak with the us ambassador to the un about the crisis. banding together to protect the amazon. eight countries form a new alliance to limit deforestation. hello. i m helena humphrey. with the fate of the world s largest rainforest in question, the world s climate at risk. the closely watched amazon summit in brazil wrapped up day one with a pledge from nations to create a new alliance to fight deforestation in the region. it s the first time in m years that leaders of eight amazon countries are meeting, vowing on tuesday to stop