International fund for the Amazon

Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva has launched an international fund to protect the Amazon rainforest and help combat climate change.
The fund will promote alternatives to forest-clearing for people living in the Amazon, and support conservation and sustainable development
Officials will seek donations abroad and aim to raise $21bn (£11bn) by 2021.
But a government minister said Brazil would not accept foreign interference in its Amazon policy. The environmental group Greenpeace said it was the first time Brazil had accepted a link between global warming and preserving the rainforest.
To see some statistics relating to clearance of the Amazon Rainforest click this link.