Norway, major donor to Amazon Fund, says the initiative for backing forest protection has been reactivated
Under Bolsonaro, average annual deforestation increased by 75 percent compared to the previous decade.
Norway, the major donor to the Amazon Fund, has said the initiative for backing forest protection had been re-activated now that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was back in office and vowing to halt deforestation. "Brazil's new President has signalled a clear ambition to stop deforestation by 2030," Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment Espen Barth Eide said in a statement on Monday announcing revival of the fund, which is aimed at fighting removal of vegetation in the Amazon.
"He has reinstated strategies to make this happen, and appointed ministers with substantial knowledge and expertise in the area," Barth Eide said.It has been frozen since August 2019, when former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro abolished its governing board and action plans. In 2008 in an earlier term as president, Lula set up the fund to receive international contributions to Brazil's efforts to stop deforestation. It receives payments only after deforestation is reduced; the funds are then spent on more such initiatives.
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