After US$ 1.1 in Aid, Norway Says Brazil Needs to Clean Its Act or It ...
(WorldNews Norway)

Brazilian President Michel Temer was greeted with protests when he arrived in Norway for an official visit with Prime Minister Erna Solberg. Meanwhile, Norwegian government officials are warning Temer that his country risks losing millions in financial aid that Norway pays to Brazil to help rein in deforestation in the Amazon. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon from 2015 to 2016 jumped 29 percent over the previous year, the highest rate of loss recorded since 2008. Political efforts to weaken environmental regulations are largely seen as responsible for the increase, though dry conditions in the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, and Brazil’s foundering economy, which has...