Americas > World could pay just $20 billion to ‘save the Amazon’, says tech firm CEO

World could pay just $20 billion to ‘save the Amazon’, says tech firm CEO

Published 16:54 on September 14, 2022  /  Last updated at 13:24 on September 15, 2022  / /  Americas, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

It would cost just $20 billion to purchase the severely endangered areas of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest based on a conservative estimate by the CEO of a carbon offset technology firm in the country, a conference heard on Wednesday.
It would cost just $20 billion to purchase the severely endangered areas of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest based on a conservative estimate by the CEO of a carbon offset technology firm in the country, a conference heard on Wednesday.


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