Brazil's President, Lula, is committed to saving the Amazon and improving the country's environmental reputation. His efforts have led to a decrease in deforestation, with global corporations purchasing carbon credits to finance rainforest restoration. Lula proposed a global forest conservation fund at the COP28 climate summit and launched a $204 million drive to restore the Amazon rainforest. The destruction of an area of old-growth Amazon rainforest the size of Puerto Rico in 2023 underscores the urgent need for conservation efforts.
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Our World in Danger An area of old-growth Amazon rainforest the size of Puerto Rico has been destroyed so far in 2023.
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With global corporations willing to pay top dollar to offset their pollution, companies are selling carbon credits to finance the expensive restoration of Brazil’s rainforest https://t.co/MocrHiyq4j https://t.co/MocrHiyq4j
Brazil proposes global forest conservation fund at COP28 https://t.co/n8276ScMil https://t.co/FjiyMnKXaU
“In Brazil, the climate emergency is already a reality,” President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who took office last year pledging to make environmental policy a cornerstone of his administration, said at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. https://t.co/imb64BYsut
Lula, Brazil’s president, is determined to save the Amazon and the country’s reputation. His efforts are making a difference: the pace of deforestation has fallen. But the chainsaws are still biting https://t.co/blODDqOgHf 👇