Norway Freezes $33.2M Transfer to Brazil's Amazon Fund Amid Deforestation 'Surge'

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By MongabayAug 19, 2019, 1:31 pm226 pts
By Sue Branford and Thais Borges Ola Elvestrun, Norway's environment minister, announced Thursday that it is freezing its contributions to the Amazon Fund, and will no longer be transferring €300 million ($33.2 million) to Brazil. In a press release, the Norwegian embassy in Brazil stated: Given the present…

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