Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Suriname agreed to form a pact to protect the world's largest rainforest by establishing a disaster response and satellite monitoring network, the BBC reports.

The heads of state, with the exception of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, agreed to combat forestry, illegal mining and fires.

There will also be work for replanting the rainforest and for indigenous groups to be given greater influence.

Emphasized rule over the Amazon

Latin American leaders stressed that the outside world has no right to rule over the Amazon, even though countries around the world are affected by the rainforest's condition and future.

- This pact shows the rest of the world that we are sovereign nations who decide for themselves which policy best suits the Amazon. We cannot be controlled by other countries, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said via video link.

The message is seen as a message to, among others, French President Emanuel Macron, who at one time opened to give the international status of the Amazon if the future of the planet is threatened.