Brazil needs `back up` from wealthy countries to fight deforestation, top official says
(WorldNews Environment)

Brazilian environment minister Ricardo Salles emphasized in a new interview that the country needs the support of wealthier nations in order to stem the rise of deforestation. `We are willing to do whatever is necessary to do so, but we need that back up,` Salles told The Associated Press in an interview on the sidelines of the United Nations´ climate change conference. `That back up was promised many years ago and we´re still expecting the rich countries to participate in a proper way. Proportional funds are...