The 22% increase in illegal deforestation seen in 2021 is “unacceptable”, Brazil’s Environment Minister Joaquim Leite told reporters on Monday.1.Government deployed 700 people from the National Force to inspect the Amazon region, and additional resources are being used to fight deforestation2.Better results are expected for the end of the year given the measures adopted: Leite3.Leite criticized the lack of a funding proposal by developed countries during COP 26 conference4.“There was massive frustration globally over funding, G-7 countries didn’t do their homework and didn’t offer robust figures”.
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