By expanding sustainable industries and transitioning to low-carbon agriculture, the region could lead the way in turning Brazil into a green-economy powerhouse, adding 40 billion reais ($8.4 billion) a year to the national economy by 2050.
Protecting the rainforest and making it an engine of sustainable economic growth, rather than plundering its resources, would bring Brazil billions of dollars in the coming decades, a study found Tuesday.
Is It Too Late to Save the Rainforest?
As scientists warn Brazil's rainforest is nearing a point of irreversible decline, Lula makes ambitious deforestation pledge
Brazil's Climate Overture to Biden: Pay Us Not to Raze - WSJ
Biden Pledges $500 Million to Stop Deforestation in Brazil - The
Charting a New Course for U.S.-Brazil Action on the
Bank floats $10 bln Brazilian bond plan to halt deforestation
As Bolsonaro takes the helm, efforts ramp up to protect
Ranchers and farmers are destroying the rainforest. Is Bolsonaro to blame?
Brazil deforestation drops in Lula's first month in office, Politics News
