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In a bid to slow deforestation in the Amazon, Brazil announced today that it will provide financial support to municipalities that have reduced deforestation rates the most.
In a bid to slow deforestation in the Amazon, Brazil announced Tuesday that it will provide financial support to municipalities that have reduced deforestation rates the most.
The data were released by the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change on Tuesday (Sep. 5), Amazon Day. The result was celebrated by Minister Marina Silva during an event held at the Planalto presidential palace to unveil new measures to protect the biome.
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In a bid to slow deforestation in the Amazon, Brazil announced Tuesday that it will provide financial support to municipalities that have reduced deforestation rates the most. During the country´s Amazon Day, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva also signed the creation of two Indigenous territories that total 207,000 hectares (511,000 acres) — over two times the size of New York City — and of a network of conservation areas next to the Yanonami Indigenous Territory to act as a buffer against invaders, mostly illegal gold miners. “The Amazon is in a hurry to sur...