BRASILIA: Denmark will donate 150 million Danish crowns (US$21.9 million) to Brazil's Amazon Fund to fight deforestation, Danish Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy, Dan Jorgensen, announced on Tuesday (Aug 29) with his Brazilian counterpart. Jorgensen and Brazil's Environment Mi
BRASILIA: Denmark will donate 150 million Danish crowns to Brazil's Amazon Fund to fight deforestation, Danish Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy, Dan Jorgensen, announced on Tuesday with his Brazilian counterpart.
The Amazon Fund was created in 2008 to raise donations to combat deforestation and promote preservation of the world's largest tropical rainforest, with Norway providing an initial US$1 billion. Germany has contributed to the fund, and more recently Britain and the European Union, while the United States plans to contribute $500 million over five years.
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