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The Lula administration is trying to reverse lawmakers’ reductions, which are hitting scientists in the Amazon especially hard. The Lula administration is trying to reverse lawmakers’ reductions, which are hitting scientists in the Amazon especially hard.
In Brazil, governments, research groups and community leaders are spearheading efforts to reduce food waste and improve food security and ecosystem health.
Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Emmanuel Macron launched Tuesday in Belém a € 1 billion investment bioeconomy program for the Brazilian Legal Amazon as well as for the part of the Amazon within French Guiana to raise funds through public and private investments over the next four years, Agencia Brasil reported.
The move is aimed at the Amazon in both Brazil and French Guiana, and comes as part of the Action Plan on the Bioeconomy and the Protection of Tropical Forests, signed by Brazil and France.