An aerial view shows Zebu cattle in an area that had been cleared for pasture bordering the Amazon rainforest in Mato Grosso state, western Brazil, October 4, 2015. Picture taken October 4, 2015. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker - GF10000246510
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Germany and Britain will provide a combined $153 million (116.63 million pounds) to expand programs to fight climate change and deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, according to a statement from the Brazilian government on Tuesday.
Roughly $88 million will go to a programme in two Brazilian states that pays indigenous peoples and farmers in exchange for maintaining forest cover. It also provides funding for related sustainable economic development projects.
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