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France, NGOs pledge €100m to protect world's tropical forests

French President Emmanuel Macron looks at a 700-year-old Alep tree during a visit to the "Foret des Géants" in the Raponda Walker arboretum in Libreville, Gabon, on March 2, 2023. AFP - LUDOVIC MARIN

President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France and two non-profits would contribute 100 million euros to an "action plan" for preserving the world's tropical forests.

The pledge was announced at the end of the two-day One Forest Summit in Gabon that aimed to assess progress made since last year's COP27 climate conference and renew targets for the preservation and sustainable management of the world's forests.

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