G7 to release funds to fight fires in the Amazon

International leaders at the G7 summit have agreed to provide logistical and financial support to help fight fires in the Amazon rainforest.

French President Emmanuel Macron said G7 countries would release $22m.

The agreement came as the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US continued to meet in Biarritz, France.

A record number of fires is burning in Brazil, mostly in the Amazon, according to the country’s space research agency.

Macron said the funds would be made available “immediately” – primarily to pay for more fire-fighting planes.

G7 leaders also intend to discuss plans to reforest the Amazon, at the United Nations general assembly meeting in September.

Via BBC