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WATCH LIVE: Biden delivers remarks after making historic visit to Amazon rainforest in Brazil

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Joe Biden is the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon , the world's largest tropical rainforest.

The incoming Trump administration seems poised to scale back its commitment to combating climate change.

The massive Amazon region stores huge amounts of the world’s carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that drives climate change when released into the atmosphere.

The region has been suffering two years of historic drought that have isolated thousands of riverine communities.

The Amazon lost 6,288 square kilometers ( 2,428 square miles ), roughly the size of the U.S. state of Delaware .

Deforestation in Brazil 's Amazon dropped by 30.6 percent in the 12 months through July from a year earlier .

Despite the success in curbing deforestation, Lula 's government has been criticized by environmentalists for backing projects that could harm the region.

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