Brasilia, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) Deforestation rate in Brazil´s Amazon scaled down 22.3% from August 2022 to July 2023, the lowest figure in a 12-month term since 2019, according to official data.
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Brazil s Environment Minister Marina Silva Wednesday said Denmark might donate R$ 110 million (US$ 22.4 million) to the Amazon Fund between 2024 and 2026, in exchange for which the South American country should pledge to fight deforestation, Agência Brasil reported.
Denmark could become the fourth donor to the fund which currently has resources from Norway, Germany, and state-run oil giant Petrobras. In exchange, Brazil must pledge to fight deforestation.
Brazil s Real-Time Deforestation Detection System (Deter), of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), reported Thursday that deforestation in the Amazon in the first semester of 2023 had decreased by 33.6 % year on year and 41 % in the last 12 months.