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Pilot Program to Conserve
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What is the Pilot Program? The Pilot Program to Conserve the Brazilian Rain
Forest is a joint undertaking of the Brazilian government,
Brazil’s civil society, and the international community
that seeks to find ways to conserve the tropical rain
forests of the Amazon and Brazil’s Atlantic coast. For the
program, to conserve means both to
protect the forests and to promote sustainable development
in these regions – to meet the needs of the current
generation without compromising the needs of future
generations. The Brazilian rain forests offer significant
environmental benefits to Brazil and to the world. The
forests harbor a rich diversity of plants and animals, store
carbon that if released would contribute to the greenhouse
gases in the atmosphere, regulate water cycles, and preserve
the region’s humid climate. Brazil also has a legitimate interest in using
this natural resource for the economic opportunities it
represents to the people who live in the forests and to
Brazil as a nation. |
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