U.S. pledges $50 million to the Amazon Fund, renewing hope for the rainforest: President Biden offered to work with Brazil to strengthen protection of the Amazon during a recent White House meeting with President Lula

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major victory for the protection of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest after former President Jair Bolsonaro suspended the fund in 2019, contributing to soaring deforestation levels. President Joe Biden and Brazil’s new President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been largely praised by environmentalists as an essential step for the future success of the Amazon Fund and the possibility of achieving Lula’s promise of zero deforestation by 2030. 10 to discuss Brazil’s environmental agenda and restore frosty relations between the two countries

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