18 Aug 2015

‘Half A Million Ants March In Germany’ To Protect Amazon Rainforest

BERLIN: A large portion of a million ants were enrolled at a German zoo Tuesday by environmentalists from the preservation bunch WWF to require the assurance of the Amazon rainforest, in front of a trek by Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel to Brazil. 

At what the gathering portrayed as an exhibit, leafcutter ants - a species indigenous to the world's greatest backwoods - were seen conveying forgets bearing mottos cut by WWF activists, for example, "Spare the Amazon" and "Help, Merkel". 

The activity sorted out by the zoo in Cologne goes for approaching the German pioneer to push for the security of the Amazon when she meets Brazil's Leader Dilma Rousseff on Thursday. 

"The German government ought to utilize this meeting to increase aggregate endeavors at securing the Amazon tropical backwoods," said Christoph Heinrich, a board individual from WWF Germany. 

The Amazon, the biggest woods on the planet, has been gradually destroyed by deforestation and in addition unlawful mining. 

AFP