Plenty of funding coming from all over the world f
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Posted On: 04/26/2013 12:07:58 PM
Plenty of funding coming from all over the world for programs to find alternatives to prevent deforestation of the amazon.......At COP 16, the German bank donates 18 million euros for the Amazon Fund.
Amount equivalent to U.S. $ 51.5 million will fund initiatives fund.
Focus on projects already approved measures to curb deforestation.
Agreement signed on Tuesday (7) during the Climate Conference of the United Nations COP 16 in Cancun, Mexico, inject 18 million euros (about U.S. $ 51.5 million) in funding from the Amazon Fund projects.
The budget was approved by a donation agreement signed by the National Bank for Economic Development (BNDES) and the German Development Bank (KFW).
With the new agreement, Germany becomes the second country to donate resources to the Amazon Fund. The first was Norway, which had agreed in 2009 to invest $ 1 billion in the background by 2015.
Managed by BNDES, the Amazon Fund brings together initiatives Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) and has approved 13 projects worth U.S. $ 189 million.
According to the Ministry of Environment (MMA), the approved projects focus on containment measures Amazon deforestation and already cover together an area greater than that of Germany and the UK combined.
Amount equivalent to U.S. $ 51.5 million will fund initiatives fund.
Focus on projects already approved measures to curb deforestation.
Agreement signed on Tuesday (7) during the Climate Conference of the United Nations COP 16 in Cancun, Mexico, inject 18 million euros (about U.S. $ 51.5 million) in funding from the Amazon Fund projects.
The budget was approved by a donation agreement signed by the National Bank for Economic Development (BNDES) and the German Development Bank (KFW).
With the new agreement, Germany becomes the second country to donate resources to the Amazon Fund. The first was Norway, which had agreed in 2009 to invest $ 1 billion in the background by 2015.
Managed by BNDES, the Amazon Fund brings together initiatives Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) and has approved 13 projects worth U.S. $ 189 million.
According to the Ministry of Environment (MMA), the approved projects focus on containment measures Amazon deforestation and already cover together an area greater than that of Germany and the UK combined.
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