Show am brazon amazon azo n area now site UN U N pian plans s survey of P possibilities 0 s dibi 1 liti es LAKE SUCCESS N Y three million square miles of south america have been staked boutas out a a testing ground forand tor for ald aid to under developed areas of the world A head start already has been made by scientists seeking to gean gear r the riches of bf the amazon ar area aroa ea to social and ano economic ress reas top priority has been given to research by the united nations educational a scientific and cultural a organization preliminary d field surveys survey bave have been en undertaken findings are not inot corfi complete piete but have stimulated great optimism on on the contributions the region can make to worldwide world wide economic advancement the amazon Is as large as europe almost as big as the united states and 20 times as large as the united kingdom it sprawls from the andes on the west to the atlantic on the east et and from the orinoco river on t h c e north southward to t h e mountains of bolivia all tributary waters flow into the amazon it includes parts of brazil bolivia dolivia peru ecuador colombia venezuela and british dutch and french Gui Gu lanas anas with its two million inhabitants it is one of the most sparsely populated areas in the world the international character and scientific significance of the region is shown by the interest in its exploration by such outside nations as its the united states france netherlands britain and italy scientific a missions have ma made do many trips into amazonia in the past but their long and difficult tasks remained largely fruitless for want of a permanent center to ordinate coordinate co their findings and do something about them the international institute of the aylean amazon inspired by brazil I 1 ID n co operation w with I 1 i if UNESCO w was wes ai organized a year ago at ul tos peru signatories Signa tories to the convention m arr are are brazil peru colombia venezuela Bo Bolivia livis E ecuador q q a do r france bho fio hoiland holland iland lland and italy the convention comes into force when five state states of the aylean amazon r region e glo n have ratified it ecuador and colombia til gli ready already have havi ratified 11 ed tt the he uro uno oro proposal dosal and france noting f tor for french guiana hasen basen has bas endorsed it UNESCO s bald said a ld it hopes to get downto down to the ole real urvey job sob pus year UNESCO D i r c e d c co t 0 r general jaime torres bodet of mexico called the UHA nha a pe perfect rf e ct tex sex ampie ample of how bow projects for underdeveloped regions caland can and must 1 9 go 0 hand in hand with direct economic assistance |