The announcement, made by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, during his final press conference at the G7 Summit in Biarritz (France), is independent of the plan that the group of industrialized countries agreed to fight fires in the jungle and deforestation.
"I cannot speak for my G7 partners, but we are happy to announce here and now that Canada will invest 15 million dollars in those forest fires" and the sending of "tanker planes that are so needy."
The G7 agreed to allocate US $ 20 million to fight fires in the Amazon rainforest.
Trudeau said during his press conference that the international community could "pretend that the situation in the Amazon is only part of a natural cycle, but it is not exactly what is happening there."
“The cost of human activity and extreme weather events in our communities, our environment, our health and our world will continue to rise unless we take decisive action as part of our broader commitment to the fight against climate change,” Trudeau added.
Canada, the second largest forest country in the world, has extensive experience in fighting forest fires, which Trudeau cited today in announcing the contribution.
"A lot of people come and help Canada during our most difficult years and I am happy to say that we will be there helping our South American friends," Trudeau added.
The Canadian Prime Minister explained that Ottawa has made itself available to the Brazilian authorities to help with the extinction of fires in the Amazon but they have not yet received a response from Brasilia.
Trudeau added that Canada has been a "leader" in the fight against climate change and that the global economic situation is linked to environmental health.
The massive fires of the Amazon, which according to French President Emmanuel Macron, cover 1.2 million square kilometers, has become at the last moment one of the agenda items of the G7 Summit that ended today in Biarritz .
The Brazilian Armed Forces, mobilized by President Jair Bolsonaro to collaborate in the fight against the fires that destroy part of the Amazon, are already operating in eight of the nine Amazon states, following the request for help presented Monday by the Amapá government.
The mobilization of the Armed Forces was announced last Friday by Bolsonaro as the first measure to fight fires and in the midst of the strong criticisms it has received both in the country and abroad for the lack of government action in the fight against deforestation of the Amazon. EFE
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