Colombia proposes world’s largest eco-corridor with Brazil, Venezuela

Bogota: Colombia has proposed to collaborate with Brazil and Venezuela in creating the world’s largest ecological corridor, to mitigate the effects of climate change and preserve biodiversity, President Juan Manuel Santos announced.
The corridor will span 135 million hectares (1,350,000 sq km) of rainforest, Santos said Friday.
The Colombian president said that he expected the three countries to present the “Triple A” initiative at the UN climate change conference, or COP-21 (Conference of Parties-21), later this year in Paris.
“This would become the world’s largest ecological (corridor) and would be a great contribution to (the) fight of all humanity to preserve our environment, and in Colombia’s case, to preserve our biodiversity,” Santos added.
The Colombian president said he had instructed his foreign minister, Maria Angela Holguin, to “establish all the mechanisms of communication with Brazil and Venezuela” so that they can jointly present a “concrete, realistic proposal that conveys to the world the enormous contribution the corridor would make towards preserving humanity and mitigating climate change”. (IANS)