Overseas Development Institute

Subsidies to industries that cause deforestation worth 100 times more than aid to prevent it

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Brazil and Indonesia paid over $40bn in subsidies to industries that drive rainforest destruction between 2009 and 2012 – compared to $346m in conservation aid they received to protect forests, according to new research

This year’s development summits have many mountains to climb

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The central goal of the 2015 summits is to chart a course towards the eradication of extreme poverty, more equitable globalisation, and climate stability, writes Kevin Watkins