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Nations Vow to Not Destroy Any Forests That Still Exist in 2030

Leaders have reached the first major agreement signed at the COP26 conference.

Leaders of more than 100 countries have agreed to a date when they’ll get around to stopping the razing the world’s forests. At the COP26 conference in Scotland, 105 nations agreed to a statement vowing to work together in order “to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030.” Unlike many of the planned initiatives at the conference, the so-called Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use was signed by representatives from China and Russia, as well as Brazil, where far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has, in recent years, massively accelerated the deforestation of the Amazon rain forest. The pledge included more than $19.2 billion of public and private funds to help developing countries restore razed land, fight wildfires, and support Indigenous communities. It’s the first major agreement signed at the COP26 conference.