AL JAZEERA: Amazon countries sign pact to better protect the rainforest →

Leaders of countries home to the vast Amazon signed a pact on Friday aimed at sharing resources and taking greater steps to protect the world's largest tropical rainforest.

The talks, led by Colombian President Ivan Duque, took place in Leticia, the Colombian region home to part of the Amazon rainforest.

Leaders and officials from seven Amazonian countries attended the one-day summit [Steven Grattan/Al Jazeera]