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Subsidies to industries that cause deforestation worth 100 times more than aid to prevent it

Illegal logging in Peru - photo WWF Andrew Bartschi
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  • 01 April 2015
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Brazil and Indonesia paid over $40bn in subsidies to industries that drive rainforest destruction between 2009 and 2012 - compared to $346m in conservation aid they received to protect forests, according to new research

Brazil and Indonesia spent over 100 times more in subsidies to industries that cause deforestation than they received in international conservation aid to prevent it, according to a report by the Overseas...

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