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Donors announce extra $500mn for rainforest programs
UNITED NATIONS, United States, Sept 23, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – The World Bank,
Inter-American Development Bank, and non-profit Conservation International
are releasing an additional $500 million to protect tropical rainforests,
including the Amazon, the French presidency said Monday.
The announcement came at an Alliance for Rainforests event at the UN
Climate Action Summit in New York, attended by world leaders including
Emmanuel Macron of France, and the presidents of Chile, Colombia and Bolivia,
but not Brazil.
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