2008年9月17日星期三

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil

Norway pledges up to US$1B for Amazon preservation (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 09:39 PM CDT

Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, left, shakes hands with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a meeting at the presidential palace in Brasilia, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008. Stoltenberg is on a three-days official visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - Norway will give Brazil US$1 billion by 2015 to preserve the Amazon rain forest, as long as Latin America's largest nation keeps trying to stop deforestation, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday.


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