{"id":29845,"date":"2015-09-29T11:46:46","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T11:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=29845"},"modified":"2015-10-01T11:11:03","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T11:11:03","slug":"norways-payouts-and-brazils-efforts-reduce-amazon-deforestation-by-75-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/awareness-and-hype\/norways-payouts-and-brazils-efforts-reduce-amazon-deforestation-by-75-percent.php","title":{"rendered":"Norway\u2019s payouts and Brazil\u2019s efforts reduce amazon deforestation by 75 percent"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nBack in 2008, Norway, a country far away from all things amazon, decided to support Brazil\u2019s rainforest with a payout of $1 billion to the latter. It\u2019s been years and the Scandinavian nation is finally paying out its final $100 million to the Brazilian authorities with much pride and joy, all thanks to Brazil\u2019s conservationists who have more than fulfilled their end of the bargain. The country has seen a reduction of amazon destruction rate by 75%. Brazilian farmers and rangers have saved more than 33,000 square miles of land, which equals nearly 14.3 million soccer fields, from being cut down. Since we\u2019re talking numbers, the Norway-subsidized efforts in Brazil\u2019s portion of the amazon has led to a reduction of 3.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions. This is how much America would save by ridding its streets of cars for three years!
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\nEven the United Nations applauded the effort as being one of the most exemplary actions of international sustainability.<\/p>\n
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