Brazil to propose mega fund to conserve forests at COP28 climate summit
Sao Paulo, BrazilReuters Brazil plans to propose a “huge” fund to pay for the conservation of tropical forests at the United Nations COP28 climate change summit that begins later this month in Dubai, the country’s top climate negotiator said on Thursday. That potential financing mechanism, not previously reported, would be the latest in a proliferation […]
World’s tropical forests and people imperiled by legal rollbacks under COVID-19
Mexico CityThomson Reuters Foundation Threats against Indigenous people and rainforests have risen during the coronavirus pandemic as governments have rolled back social and environmental safeguards to boost economic growth, land rights activists said on Thursday. Governments in five countries with tropical forests have weakened legal safeguards to aid economic recovery, while expanding projects near native […]