Policy paper

Low carbon agriculture for avoided deforestation and poverty reduction in Brazil: Intervention summary

How the International Climate Fund (ICF) is supporting farmers to deploy low carbon agriculture and restore forests.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 13 August 2013

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Low carbon agriculture for avoided deforestation and poverty reduction in Brazil: Intervention Summary

Ref: PB14023

PDF, 127 KB, 6 pages

Details

How the International Climate Fund (ICF) is supporting small and medium-scale farmers to deploy low carbon agriculture to protect and restore forests.

The UK will provide a £24.9m grant to develop and implement forest restoration and low carbon agriculture in Brazil. The project will reduce deforestation from agriculture and increase forest and land restoration, leading to reduced greenhouse gas emissions, improved livelihoods and reduced poverty, and preserved biodiversity.

Further information

• Case study: Low carbon agriculture and avoided deforestation in Brazil

Published 13 August 2013