FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of a section of deforested Amazon rainforest turned into farmland near the city of Alta Floresta, Para state, Brazil, June 19, 2013. Picture taken April 20, 2013. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian states containing the country's Amazon rainforest said they want to negotiate directly with European nations who fund projects to curb deforestation after changes proposed by the federal government led Norway and Germany to suspend donations.
Norway - by far the biggest donor to the Amazon Fund - said last week it had suspended its donations after the right-wing government of President Jair Bolsonaro changed the fund's governance structure and closed down the steering committee that selects the projects to back. Germany has also suspended its funding.
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