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Colombia was announced as the first Amazon country to declare its entire Amazon biome as a large-scale oil- and mining-free zone.

The announcement was made by Colombia’s Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Irene Vélez Torres during a meeting of ministers of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, OTCA.

“Colombia has decided to take the first step. We have been the first country in the Amazon basin to declare all of Colombia’s share of the Amazon biome as a reserve area of renewable natural resources, protecting this biome from large mining and hydrocarbon activities,” said Vélez Torres.

“We do this not only as an act of environmental sovereignty, but as a fraternal call to the other countries that share the Amazon biome, because the Amazon knows no borders and its care demands that we walk together,” he added.

The Colombian government encouraged the Amazon-intended nations to build an Amazon Alliance for Life to advance a just and sustainable energy transition.

The invitation was made during the Meeting of Ministers of Environment of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (OTCA), which was held at COP30 for climate change.

Colombia yearns for the Amazon rainforest to be the heart of climate action, environmental justice and peace with nature, shielding it from conventional extractive activities.

More than 483,000 square kilometers are included in the ban on new mining and hydrocarbon activities, which are equivalent to 42 percent of the continental and approximately 7 percent of the South American Amazon.

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Colombia was announced as the first Amazon country to declare its entire Amazon biome as a large-scale oil- and mining-free zone.

The announcement was made by Colombia’s Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Irene Vélez Torres during a meeting of ministers of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, OTCA.

“Colombia has decided to take the first step. We have been the first country in the Amazon basin to declare all of Colombia’s share of the Amazon biome as a reserve area of renewable natural resources, protecting this biome from large mining and hydrocarbon activities,” said Vélez Torres.

“We do this not only as an act of environmental sovereignty, but as a fraternal call to the other countries that share the Amazon biome, because the Amazon knows no borders and its care demands that we walk together,” he added.

The Colombian government encouraged the Amazon-intended nations to build an Amazon Alliance for Life to advance a just and sustainable energy transition.

The invitation was made during the Meeting of Ministers of Environment of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (OTCA), which was held at COP30 for climate change.

Colombia yearns for the Amazon rainforest to be the heart of climate action, environmental justice and peace with nature, shielding it from conventional extractive activities.

More than 483,000 square kilometers are included in the ban on new mining and hydrocarbon activities, which are equivalent to 42 percent of the continental [land area of Colombia] and approximately 7 percent of the South American Amazon.

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Colombia se anunció como el primer país amazónico en declarar la totalidad de su bioma amazónico como zona libre de petróleo y minería a gran escala.

El anuncio fue hecho por la ministra de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable de Colombia, Irene Vélez Torres durante una reunión de ministros de la Organización del Tratado de Cooperación Amazónica, OTCA.

“Colombia ha decidido dar el primer paso. Hemos sido el primer país de la cuenca amazónica en declarar la totalidad de la parte que corresponde a Colombia del bioma amazónico como una zona de reserva de recursos naturales renovables, protegiendo este bioma de actividades de gran minería e hidrocarburos”, declaró Vélez Torres.

“Lo hacemos no solo como un acto de soberanía ambiental, sino como un llamado fraterno a los demás países que comparten el bioma amazónico, porque la Amazonía no conoce fronteras y su cuidado exige que caminemos juntos”, agregó.

El Gobierno de Colombia incitó a las naciones con presencia del Amazonas a construir una Alianza Amazónica por la Vida para avanzar en una transición energética justa y sostenible.

La invitación fue hecha durante el Encuentro de Ministros de Ambiente de la Organización del Tratado de Cooperación Amazónica (OTCA), que se realizó en la COP30 de cambio climático.

Colombia anhela que la selva amazónica el corazón de la acción climática, la justicia ambiental y la paz con la naturaleza, blindándola de las actividades extractivas convencionales.

Más de 483.000 kilómetros cuadrados están incluidos en la prohibición de nuevas actividades mineras e hidrocarburíferas, que equivalen al 42 por ciento del territorio continental y aproximadamente al 7 de la Amazonía suramericana.

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