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Brazil To Call For Global Fund To Save Rainforests
2006-10-20 00:44:57 (202 weeks ago)
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Plans for a global fund to help contain rainforest destruction and slash carbon emissions will be unveiled next month by the Brazilian government.

The project, by which rich nations would offer financial incentives to developing countries that combat deforestation, will be announced at a November convention on climate change in Nairobi, Kenya.

Championed by Marina Silva, Brazil's environment minister, officials claim the fund would help protect tropical forests while giving a much-needed economic impetus to the developing world.

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