Tag Archives: Deforestation

30 September 2014

Liberia agrees to stop cutting down its trees in return for Norwegian development aid

Liberia is to become the first nation in Africa to completely stop cutting down its trees in return for development aid. Norway will pay Liberia USD 150m to stop deforestation by 2020. (more…)

Source: BBC | Liberia signs 'transformational' deal to stem deforestation

26 September 2014

Governments and corporations pledge at UN summit to eliminate deforestation by 2030

Dozens of governments, businesses, civil society and indigenous peoples that participated in the UN Climate Summit in New York pledged to halve deforestation by 2020 and to end within the following decade. (more…)

Source: UN News Centre | Governments, corporations pledge at UN summit to eliminate deforestation by 2030

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