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Rainforest aid

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Norway to pay Indonesia NOK 530m for reduced forest carbon emissions

Norway has announced its first result-based payment to Indonesia for reducing deforestation, part of a NOK 6 billion climate forest deal signed a decade ago. Peatland fires, which make up about half of...

News July 10, 2020

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Boosts carbon price to 10 dollars per tonne in Colombia climate forest deal

Norway continues to push ahead with REDD+, offering to pay Colombia NOK 2 billion for reduced deforestation...

News December 20, 2019

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Norway rewards Guyana, despite increased deforestation driven by gold mining

The Norwegian Climate Ministry has based its final forest payment to Guyana on a Rube Goldberg-type formula...

News October 25, 2019

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Norwegian aid-financed study aims to re-define global narrative on food and land use

An initiative financed by the Norwegian government – the Food and Land Use Coalition – aims to bring...

News September 26, 2019

NOK 3 billion in unspent climate forest aid stranded at Brazilian bank

Since Brazil closed the steering committee of the Amazon Fund, which was set up to channel Norwegian...

News August 27, 2019

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Brazil forest deal in crisis. Elvestuen says negotiations are still on-going

Following international reports that Norway has frozen its forest aid to Brazil, triggered by Environment...

News August 17, 2019

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Norway defends billion-dollar Amazon Fund as Brazilian minister threatens to exit

In response to reports that Brazil’s Environment Minister Ricardo Salles is considering closing down...

News July 04, 2019

Breakthrough in Norway-Guyana forest deal after eight-year delay

Norwegian aid funds amounting to NOK 600 million, which have been languishing at the Inter-American Development...

News July 03, 2019

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Norway rewards Indonesia by leaving out peat burning from carbon accounting

By excluding massive CO2 emissions from peat burning in Indonesia, Norway recently presented a positive...

News March 19, 2019

Brazil receives first Green Climate Fund grant for REDD+. Critics warn of ‘paper reductions’ with no real climate benefits

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a USD 96 million grant for Brazil, a reward for reductions...

News March 15, 2019

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