they have not been sustainable and equitable because cambodia has suffered from the highest deforestation rates in the world. and with the social fabric tearing down because of human trafficking, prostitution, how can that kind of growth be sustainable? what one can say is the international community has deepened its trading relationships with cambodia, cambodia is now seen as a low cost manufacturer to the world. yes, fortunately. did you say fortunately? yes, fortunately that the international community continue to help cambodia. you approve of that? yes, to help the cambodian people. but they are also helping hun sen and his colleagues to stay in power. because hun sen holds
level, your progress can be only noticeable. but the six, 7% per year is not extraordinary, it is in line with the growth enjoyed by neighbouring countries. but more importantly, you have to look at the quality of the growth. you have two see whether this growth has been sustainable and equitable. they have not been sustainable and equitable because cambodia has suffered from the highest deforestation rates in the world. and with the social fabric tearing down because of human trafficking, prostitution, how can that kind of growth be sustainable? what
19 ministries will make big contributions from countries like germany and norway. lula was also able to reduce the illegal gold mining on indigenous land so the first six months are looking promising that deforestation rates are high but if you compare to bolsonaro s government, deforestation rates are starting to slowly decrease. deforestation rates are starting to slowly decrease. what about the idea that seems to slowly decrease. what about the idea that seems to have slowly decrease. what about the idea that seems to have got slowly decrease. what about the idea that seems to have got pretty - slowly decrease. what about the idea that seems to have got pretty good i that seems to have got pretty good level of support? the principle that richer countries who have historically polluted more well now support poorer countries. is it enough at the moment? it is support poorer countries. is it enough at the moment? it is a great initiative, it enough at the moment? it is a great
deforestation rates across brazil skyrocketed as then president jair bolsonaro promoted development over preservation. but brazil now has a new president: lula da silva. he s been a vocal supporter of protecting the rainforests. and during lula s visit to the white house earlier this month, president biden voiced support for america and brazil collaborating on their climate goals. 0ur shared values and our strong ties between our people make brazil and the united states, especially here, in the big global challenges, they put us on the same page, particularly, especially, the climate crisis. john kerry s has been meeting officials in the capital of brasilia, trying to outline what america will do to help preserve the amazon. mr kerry has been speaking to my colleaguejames reynolds about the ways the us could help brazil.
to other countries. if we look at babylon it s the most carbon rich country on earth. we are not absorbing just over 100 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year. that s about a partner of the uk s annual emissions. blocking those tonnes of carbon into the rain forest of gabon. we have a 30 year track record of keeping our deforestation rates low. as we look at carbon crediting through the un climate change convention there is a mechanism to help tropical countries reduce their deforestation because gabon is a high forest low deforestation country over the last ten years we absorbed 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide out of the