A group of Brazilian governors recommended on Friday that actions to preserve the Amazonian rainforest be rewarded.

The recommendation was made at a forum attended by governors from nine Brazilian states partially or completely located in the Amazon Forest, including Acre, Amapa, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, and Maranhao.

The governors adopted a document at the 6th Legal Amazon Governors' Forum, which was held in Macapa, capital city of Amapa, that contained proposals to help elaborate a national project to preserve and develop the region.

According to the document, the governors intended to help the Brazilian government to enter the carbon credits market and called the government to take part in the discussions at COP 15 United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December.

"Any discussion on environment issues must include the Amazon Rain Forest. There are people living there and we must bare this in mind to define viable economic measures to the area", Acre Governor Binho Marques said.

The Amazon rainforest covers most the South America's Amazon Basin which encompasses some 7 million square km, and accounts for over half of the Earth's remaining rainforests.

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