$65 million deal to protect Congo’s forests raises concerns

Mongabay
Oct 14, 2019, 12:25 pm133 pts
On Sept. 3, the Republic of Congo secured a stream of funding aimed at protecting forests and peatlands. The signatures of French President Emmanuel Macron and Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso finalized a $65 million agreement outlining a set of strategies that the Central African Forest Initiative, or…

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