And I do believe that without Amazon protection, we cannot have climate security.” Eve Bazaiba, the D.R.C.’s Environmental Minister believes the three countries would be able to work together to stop deforestation and said, “we have the same challenges, the same opportunity to be the solution to climate change.”All three countries in the Rainforest Protection Pact are decreasing deforestation, or have made plans to decrease deforestation.It has not been decided how the Rainforest Protection Pact will be funded, but Brazil received funding from Germany and Norway for stopping deforestation through the Amazon Fund, giving Brazil $542 million in aid.Although the countries in the Pact have pledged to protect rainforests, preventing deforestation will be difficult, with potential opposition against Lula’s reforms in Brazil and a fear of slowing economic growth by preventing crop production and road construction in Indonesia.The United Nations Environment Programme reported any agreement to stop deforestation is unlikely to be successful if it does not work to move agricultural industries away from forests and increase carbon pricing.For this Pact to be successful, leaders from each state will need to have support for their policies that protect forests and make sure that the Pact receives enough funding."