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Norway will increase by nearly 60% the amount of cash donations in Brazil after deforestation declines between 2016 and 2017.
Last year, the value had been cut in half, because two successive years.
The Nordic country will pay 70 million USD to the Amazon Fund (about 266 million R $, or 600 million Kronor). In 2017, the value received by the Brazilian government was 41.8 million USD (159 million R $), according to the Ministry of the Environment.
Norwegian Minister of Climate and the Environment, Ola Elvestuen, said that Brazil has achieved very good results in the fight against deforestation during the last decade, avoiding Emission of more than 4.5 billion tonnes of CO ["MalgreliseconomicallyeffectiveituationfavoursthatcanbresilhasbeenreducedfarmforestationinAzazonia"indicatesElvestuendansenote
The Amazon Fund, administered by the BNDES, is aimed at fighting deforestation and sustainable development. The amount of donations varies according to the rate of deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. The fund also receives funds from Germany and Petrobras, but the bulk of these funds comes from Norway.
However, the Norwegian government is already concerned about the rates of deforestation for the period 2017-2018. The devastation of the Amazon has returned. to reach and reach the highest level of the last decade, according to data from the Prodes (Monitoring Project for deforestation in the Amazon legal satellite) published late November.
Between August 2017 and July 2018, 7 900 000 km². forest, an increase of 13.7% over the previous period.
Thus, the Nordic government baderts that the basis of the next payment can only be confirmed in 2019.
"We look forward to discussing future plans with Brazil's new government. about our bilateral collaboration, "said the note, referring to President-elect Jair Bolsonaro. "We hope and believe that Brazil will continue to show the world that it is possible to reduce deforestation while increasing agricultural production in a sustainable manner."
Norway says that it will continue to make donations to the Amazon Fund for 2020, which is a satisfactory achievement. the agreements concluded between the two countries.
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