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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Oliver Griffin

Colombia must meet international deforestation targets -new environment minister

Susana Muhamad, Colombia's incoming environment minister, looks on as she talks to Reuters, in Bogota, Colombia August 3, 2022. REUTERS/Vannessa Jimenez

Colombia must base its conservation targets on international agreements that push for annual deforestation of 100,000 hectares or less by 2025, incoming Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said on Wednesday.

Her sector needs new sources of permanent funding, including carbon taxes, said Muhamad, who takes up her post on Sunday when President-elect Gustavo Petro is inaugurated.

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