Investors can help rein in Amazon deforestation


Efforts of corporations and investors to slow Amazon deforestation are gaining momentum. Nearly 40 Brazilian corporations urged the
Brazilian government to combat illegal deforestation and warned that Brazil’s image and business abroad were suffering as a result. This plea comes on the heels of a call by 29 global investors, managing $ 3.7 trillion in assets, to protect the Amazon rainforest and its Indigenous peoples.


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