Norway cuts payments to Brazil after Amazon forest losses rise
(World News Brazil)

Norway has slashed its annual payments to Brazil to protect the Amazon rainforest by 60 percent to US$42 million after a rise in forest destruction in 2016, but welcomed signs that losses have slowed this year, Norway`s Environment Ministry said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: A man cuts down a tree with a chainsaw in a forest near the municipality of Itaituba, Brazil August 7, 2017. ......