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A NINE-NATION Conference for the creation of an International Institute of the Hylean Amazon, called jointly by the Governments of Peru and Brazil and by Unesco, has successfully concluded its deliberation at Iquitos, Peru. A convention establishing the Institute was agreed upon and will come into force upon final acceptance by the founding nations. The following nations signed the final act of the Conference : Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Holland, Italy, Peru and Venezuela. The scientific programme for the Institute was formulated, and a budget of approximately 300,000 dollars was set for the first year of the Institute‘s operation. A financial protocol was also signed by Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Holland, Peru and Venezuela, which determined the scale of national contributions toward financing the Institute. The United States and the United Kingdom expressed great interest in the Institute, and will study ways of actively participating in its work.
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Hylean Amazon Institute. Nature 161, 879–880 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161879c0
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