Countries pledge to end forest loss; Brazil balks UNITED NATIONS More than 30 countries set the first-ever deadline on Tuesday to end #deforestation by 2030, but the feasibility of such a goal was eroded when a key player, #Brazil, said it would not join. The United States, Canada and the entire European Union signed on to a declaration to halve forest loss by 2020 and eliminate deforestation entirely by 2030. If the goal is met, the U.N. says it would be the equivalent of taking every car in the world off the road. The group also pledged to restore more than one million square miles of forest worldwide by 2030. Norway vowed to spend $350 million to protect forests in Peru and another $100 million in Liberia. Dozens of companies, environmental groups and indigenous groups signed on. But without Brazil, a halt to deforestation would nearly be impossible. A deforestation agreement without Brazil is like a carbon reduction plan without the United States, said Paul Wapner, professor of international environmental policy at American University.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:15:01 +0000
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