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Paul Myers

Brazil's supreme court rules to reactivate fund to protect Amazon rainforest

Brazil's supreme court says the new government must restart an international fund to protect the Amazon rainforest. AFP - CARLOS FABAL

Environmental activists in Brazil and the governments of Norway and Germany on Friday welcomed a supreme court ruling that clears the path for Brazil's new government to relaunch a multibillion euro international programme aimed at protecting the Amazon rainforest.

The Amazon Fund – created in 2008 to help the fight against deforestation – was suspended in April 2019 when President Jair Bolsonaro's ministers decided to revamp the way it operated.

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