The United Nations has announced that it is trying to drum up support and investment for a trust fund set up to try to protect an extremely bio-diverse section of at-risk forest.
The United National Development Programme is calling for donations to be made to the fund, which is intended to prevent the forests of Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park from being drilled for oil. There is thought to be around a billion barrels of oil under the forest floor. However, it is also an extremely valuable piece of the Amazon rain forest as it provides a habitat for many species of plant and animal.
The trust was previously only taking donations of over $100,000 from governments and corporations. Now, under the new strategy, donations as small as $25 can be made.
The forests at the Yasuni National Park was almost unaffected by the ice age, thanks to its proximity to the equator. As a result, the UN says the area is thick with “unparalleled levels of amphibian, bird, mammal, insect, and plant life, in addition to indigenous tribes living in voluntary seclusion”.
The UN is also keen to protect the region as it could contain plants with all manner of medical and scientific significance.
Greenwood Management is in the process of growing vast plantations of sustainably managed, non-native forests in Brazil. The projects have been made possible through direct investment from investors in the UK, Europe and elsewhere.
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