Amazon nations expand satellite alert system for deforestation

Brazil, Colombia, and Peru agreed to share near-real-time satellite feeds with a joint operations hub tasked with dispatching environmental agents within two days of fire hotspots near protected forests.

Indigenous leaders cautiously welcomed faster alerts but demanded inclusion in verification visits to avoid wrongful penalties on community-managed lands. Logging associations called for clearer appeal procedures.

Scientists said dry-season intensity this year could test the system's capacity. WOP360 will follow the first public performance audit scheduled after the southern winter.