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<p>The increase in forest fires in the Amazon is a tragedy for all of us, but none
more so than the indigenous people who call the Amazon their home. These fires are
made more likely by deforestation, and that is why we have invested nearly £120 million
of our international climate finance in projects to limit deforestation, support local
and indigenous people, prevent forest fires and implement the Forest Code in the Amazon,
Atlantic Forest and Cerrado biomes.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with Brazilian
partners at federal and sub-national levels to help them protect the Amazon, and to
support the transition to a low carbon economy. The first phase of Defra’s £24.9 million
Low-carbon Agriculture programme, for example, completed in May this year. It reached
over 18,500 beneficiaries in the Amazon and Atlantic forest biomes, avoided the clearance
of 175,000 hectares of land, reduced carbon emissions by 52% and delivered a seven-fold
increase in livestock productivity.</p><p> </p>
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