Amazon doesn't need Germany's biodiversity funds, says Brazil leader

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Jair Bolsonaro has dismissed the importance of European funding of sustainability projects in the South American country's forests.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has dismissed the importance of Germany's funding of sustainability projects in the South American country's forests, as the European nation weighed withdrawing from the region.

"The country doesn't need this," the far-right President known for his ties to agribusiness said about a possible loss of German funding in Brazil's vast Amazon rainforest.Citing Environment Minister Svenja Schulz, German dailyreported the government planned to stop sending money to a country that is not fully committed to curbing deforestation.

Ibama inspectors walk through an area affected by illegal mining after landing in Munduruku indigenous lands in Para state in Brazil's Amazon basin.The Bolsonaro administration has questioned the efficiency of the fund and pushed for an internal overhaul, threatening to lose funding from Norway and Germany.

 

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