The Caatinga - one of the six Brazilian biomes, covers an area of 844,453 square kilometers, which corresponds to 11 percent of the national territory.
Living Forest is aimed at restoring Brazilian biomes and recovering watersheds. It is considered the largest environmental match-funding program in the country.
Collectors' cooperatives will be able to request the credit certificate, based on the electronic invoice issued for the sale of recyclable materials.
Brazil’s Environment Minister Ricardo Salles met with Ambassadors Nils Martin Gunneng and Georg Witschel, of Norway and Germany, in Brasília on Wednesday (Jul 3) to talk about retaining the Amazon Fund, financed by the two European countries.
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