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Silva said the fund's resources, currently totaling $500 million, has been used for priority tasks in the Amazon, including the expulsion of illegal gold miners from indigenous reservations and restoring the enforcement of environmental protection that had been relaxed by Bolsonaro's government. France and Spain have shown interest in contributing to the Brazilian-administered fund, Britain is studying whether to contribute and the United States signaled its intent to do so.
Norway, the major donor to the Amazon Fund, said the initiative for backing forest protection had been re-activated now that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was back in office and vowing to halt deforestation. "Brazil's new President has signaled a clear ambition to stop deforestation by 2030," Norwegian…