Norway has pledged to donate US$1 billion to reduce deforestation in
Brazil.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg told Daily Planet Media that
the money would be donated on the understanding that Brazil shows that
deforestation is being reduced in the world's largest rainforest.
The donation will go towards the Amazon Fund launched last month by
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, which aims to raise
$US21 billion over 13 years to conserve and sustain development in the
Amazon.
The Amazon Protection Fund sup****ts forest conservation through
scientific research and sustainable development projects including
rubber tapping, forestry management and the creation of drugs from
plants.
Latest forest data shows that deforestation slowed in July but the
total area of trees removed may still increase this year.
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