Brazil unveils new plan to curb Amazon logging
Associated Press: Brazil has unveiled its plan to encourage farmers in the Amazon region to develop sustainable sources of income and turn their backs on the illegal logging that is ravaging the rainforest. The Sustainable Amazon Plan includes £300m in low-interest loans that will be made available to farmers. Some 40,000 families who were formerly involved in logging will also get social security and unemployment benefits. The loans will be offered at 4% annual interest, well below ...
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