Germany cuts $39.5 million in environmental funding to Brazil

Mongabay
Aug 13, 2019, 3:12 pm580 ptsHot
A wide range of environmental and conservation projects in Brazil are at stake after the government of Germany suspended funds to the country amid the report of alarming rises in monthly Amazon deforestation rates and controversial policies adopted by the administration of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. On…

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