Tag: protect

• Friday, November 22nd 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Brazil seeking more funds from rich countries to protect the Amazon rainforest

  

  Brazil’s plans for environmental protection remain unchanged even as deforestation skyrockets, but Environment Minister Ricardo Salles said the country was looking for more money to implement those plans. Salles largely repeated previously announced plans to bring more development, economic zoning and improved enforcement of environmental laws to the Amazon rainforest region, where deforestation has surged to its highest point in 11 years.