Turning Point For Peru’s Forests? Norway And Germany Put Muscle And Money Behind Agreement
Turning point for Peru’s forests? Norway and Germany put muscle and money behind ambitious agreement
Jeremy Hance
mongabay.com
September 24, 2014
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Norway pledges $300 million if Peru tackles deforestation crisis by 2021
From the Andes to the Amazon, Peru houses some of the world’s most spectacular forests. Proud and culturally-diverse indigenous tribes inhabit the interiors of the Peruvian Amazon, including some that have chosen little contact with the outside world. And even as scientists have identified tens-of-thousands of species that make their homes from the leaf litter to the canopy, many thousands more remain undiscovered and nameless.
Yet Peru’s forests are facing a barrage of threats: unscrupulous oil and gas companies, illegal logging, conversion for agriculture, massive road…
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