Brazil, Indonesia and DRC in talks to form ‘Opec of rainforests’

Spurred by Lula's election, the three countries, home to half of all tropical forests, will pledge stronger conservation efforts

The big three tropical rainforest nations - Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo - are in talks to form a strategic alliance to coordinate on their conservation, nicknamed an Opec for rainforests", the Guardian understands.

The election of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, has been followed by a flurry of activity to avoid the destruction of the Amazon, which scientists have warned is dangerously close to tipping point after years of deforestation under its far-right leader, Jair Bolsonaro.