Amazon Fund receives R$3,3 billion in donations

What is the Amazon Fund?

The Federal Supreme Court (STF) began judging this Thursday (6) an action that alleges the federal government's omission in not executing the Amazon Fund funds. But do you know what the Amazon Fund is? And why is he on trial at the STF?

In the process of resumption, the Amazon Fund intends to finance projects to protect indigenous peoples, control deforestation, combat illegal mining and promote territorial planning in the region, said Mercadante, after the reinstallation of the Amazon Fund Steering Committee (Cofa), held at the bank's headquarters, in Rio de Janeiro. The committee had been at a standstill since 2018.

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