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* The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has allocated an additional $300
million toward the Andes-Amazon Initiative to continue biodiversity and
forest conservation efforts in the region until 2031.
* To date, the initiative has been successful in conserving 400 million
hectares (988 million acres) of land, about half the size of Brazil, since
its establishment in 2003.
* New targets include ensuring 100 million hectares (247 million acres) of
freshwater and forest ecosystems, as well as Indigenous and local
communities’ lands, are effectively managed.
* To safeguard the resilience and health of the Andes-Amazon region’s
ecosystems, at least 70% of its historic forest cover must remain intact, a
threshold the initiative will exceed if it hits its new targets, says
Avecita Chicchón, program director of the Andes-Amazon Initiative.
Via Future Crunch Mar 26, 2022:
https://futurecrunch.com/good-news/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
