The intergovernmental regional organizations representing the world’s three largest tropical forest regions (the Association of South-East Asian Nations – ASEAN, the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization – ACTO, and the Central Africa Forests Commission – COMIFAC) agreed to work more closely to enhance south-south cooperation in conserving and sustainably managing their tropical forests and biodiversity. The three regions – primarily Amazon , Congo and Borneo – collectively contain more than 80 per cent of the world’s tropical forests, and an estimated two thirds of all terrestrial species. More: http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2009/pr-2009-07-16-forest-en.pdf and http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/ssc/bmssc-02/official/bmssc-02-02-en.doc