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<p>Stopping deforestation is essential to protect biodiversity, tackle climate change
and promote sustainable economic development. DFID works to address the underlying
causes of deforestation, such as stopping illegal logging and related corruption,
and ending unsustainable practices in the production of palm oil, cocoa and other
agricultural commodities. This helps to protect habitats for the species that live
in forests.</p><p>Work to tackle deforestation is funded through the Forest Governance,
Markets and Climate programme (£250m, 2011-21), which is tackling illegal logging
and promoting trade in legal timber; Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use
(£107m, 2015-23), which works with companies to develop new and sustainable approaches
to growing agricultural commodities, which protect forests and provide sustainable
livelihoods; and through the Indonesia country programme.</p><p>The Global Environment
Facility (GEF), to which the UK is a major donor, also plays a major role in protecting
species which live in tropical rainforests. For example, in June the GEF approved
$88 million of funding to the Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Programme and $57 million
of funding to the Congo Basin Sustainable Landscapes Impact Programme to protect rainforests
and the species that live in them.</p>
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