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This is about a Norwegian government policy to not procure the products of deforestation. Some countries limit the actual deforestation directly: for example,
by mjul 8y ago
This is about a Norwegian government policy to not procure the products of deforestation.
Some countries limit the actual deforestation directly: for example, Article 5 of the
Bhutanese constitution from 2008 provides broad environmental protection and mandates that at least 60% of the country shall be forest at all times.
- mrep 8y agoClickbait titles... Limmiting procurement should incentivize non-deforistation where as a simple ban would likely just shift deforestation to other countries. But alas, the current title is more sensational.
- evasote 8y agohttps://qz.com/504370/norway-rewards-brazil-with-1-billion-for-keeping-the-amazon-full-of-trees/ https://qz.com/504370/norway-rewards-brazil-with-1-billion-f... Like giving them a billion dollars, too?
- apercu 8y ago> mandates that at least 60% of the country shall be forest at all times. That's amazing. I wish more countries would do that. I'd like to see new "old" growth forests in Canada and the US. (We have three in Ontario, but Ontario is huge and there could be more)