New initiative is paying farmers to combat Amazon deforestation
Landowners in the program receive between $37-$74 per year for each hectare of native vegetation that they preserve.
Brazil
Amazon tribes to use drones to detect illegal deforestation in Brazilian rainforest
Indigenous rights’ groups and WWF International are beginning to train Andean tribes people deep within the Amazon rainforest in the use of drones so that they, as forest-dwelling specialists, can help protect wildlife, and identify, compile evidence for, and report on, illegal logging activities.
The mayors of Bogotá and Rio de Janeiro sign the Clean Air Cities Declaration.
By signing, Bogotá and Rio de Janeiro commit to implementing ambitious new policies and regulations to address the top sources of air pollution within their city by 2025.