Brazil Gets $1.3 Billion for Environment
The World Bank approved a loan to the Brazilian government for the improvement of environmental management programs.
Focus areas for the programs are forests, water conservation, and energy efficiency. (Climate change will be addressed with an integrated approach that includes all aspects of the programs.) For example, destruction of the Amazon rainforest causes biodiversity loss and contributes to climate change, so decreasing deforestation protects biodiversity and prevents additional global warming.
