Brazil seeks more donor funding for Amazon Fund to fight deforestation

News January 16, 2023 / By: Ann Danaiya Usher

Brazil welcomes the unfreezing of more than NOK 6 billion in “old” Norwegian aid sitting in the Amazon Fund but wants Norway and other donors to change the rules for disbursement so that new money can be paid in to combat the massive increase in deforestation over the last four years. Germany announced EUR 35 million for the fund after the change of government in Brasilia.

Barth Eide Lula Martin Lerberg Fossum KLD cropped II.jpg — Norwegian Climate Minister Espen Barth Eide and then candidate for the Brazilian presidency Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt last year. Photo by Martin Lerberg Fossum / KLD

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Brazil seeks more donor funding for Amazon Fund to fight deforestation

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