This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Charlotte Gallagher and in the early hours of Wednesday, the 9th of August,

these are our main stories. How can we protect the Amazon rainforest? South American leaders

try to find a solution at a landmark summit in Brazil. The Colombian drug cartel boss

jailed for decades in the US. The mystery surrounding a fatal mushroom lunch in Australia.

This case has definitely baffled police, it's confused and shocked the local community,

and it's left this family absolutely devastated.

Also in this podcast, how Portugal is battling raging wildfires,

and we meet the person whose furry friend stole the show at this.

The world dog surfing of competition always draws a huge crowd up in North California.

This year I think there were close to a thousand people that came to the beach and watched

all the dogs surf this year.

But first, eight countries that share the Amazon rainforest have agreed to form an alliance

to fight deforestation. Meeting in Brazil, they've promised to make sure the forest

doesn't reach a tipping point when it would lose its ability to regenerate from the damage caused

by droughts, fires, mining and tree logging. In his opening speech, the host, President

Louis Anasio Lula de Silva, highlighted how crucial the world's biggest rainforest is,

in efforts to tackle the worsening climate crisis. Our South American correspondent, Katie

Watson, reports from Brazil. It's a hefty declaration, some 10,000 words,

and in it the country said the objective was to prevent the Amazon from reaching a point of no return.

It covers a lot of ground, and in it the members agree it's important to draw up common goals,

such as combating deforestation by 2030 and holding illegal mining and logging.

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