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The American actor, environmentalist and film producer, Leonardo Dicaprio, spoke from his Instagram account requesting the Congress of Colombia to approve the draft “deforestation-free livestock”, that could sink.
DiCaprio said that it is in the hands of legislators to save and protect the millions of hectares that remain in the Amazon, where indigenous communities and animals of all types of species live.
“Nearly 3 million hectares of the Colombian Amazon have been destroyed in the last seven years. To stop this destruction, the Colombian Congress has the opportunity to give a historic step to protect the Amazon by approving the deforestation-free livestock traceability bill,” wrote.
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“If lawmakers pass this bill, Colombia will be preventing the trade of basic products from deforested areas, including those that host a high level of biodiversity,” he assured.
He explained that, with this proposal, the biodiversity of the country and places like the Chiribiquete National Park, what is World Heritage.
“The deforestation-free livestock traceability bill would mean a tremendous step forward in protecting vital places like the Chiribiquete National ParkWorld Heritage Site – lush with biodiversity and home to dozens of indigenous groups, currently threatened by deforestation”said the actor.
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Once again, he called on the Colombian congressmen to tell them that it is in their hands to take care of this tropical forest, considered along with the oceans the Lung of the world.
“As one of the most biodiverse countries on Earth, the Colombian Congress is about to make history”, he pointed out.
This project, which was presented by Juan Carlos Losadarepresentative to the Chamber for the Liberal Party, has approved three debates: two in House of Representatives and one in the Senate of the Republic. It is then expected that they will approve it in the fourth debate in the Senate plenary session.
In accordance with Aquae Foundation“the Amazon houses up to 80,000 species of plantsof which more than 40,000 They play a fundamental role in regulating the global climate and maintaining the local water cycle. But species richness is one thing and abundance another. “While there may be many species in rainforests, they often exist in small numbers over large areas.”
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