Brazil, Peru to
cooperate on Amazon
rainforest protection
Brazil and Peru will
make joint efforts to
protect the Amazon
forest, said a statement
issued by Brazilian
President Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva's office
on Wednesday.
As part of their joint
efforts, Peru will allow
Brazil's aircraft to fly
over its territory to
produce high-definition
images which will be
used in the studies of
the Protection System of
the Amazon Forest (SIPAM),
a Brazilian project for
the Amazon's protection.
The Brazilian side will
also offer technical
courses for Peru, in
preparation for the
analysis of the data
obtained.
Their cooperation was a
fruit of a visit in June
to Peru by a Brazilian
committee. The
committee, coordinated
by SIPAM's Managing and
Operation Center,
expressed Brazil's
interests in developing
a bilateral plan to
protest the Amazon, an
interest echoed by Peru.
Brazil and Peru will
also cooperate in a
project to measure the
hydrological parameter
in the Acre River basin,
a region shared by the
two, said the statement.
The two countries share
2,995 kilometers of
border. |
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