Costa Rica joins six countries in pledging to reforest 20 million hectares of Latin America
December 8th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica on Sunday joined six other Latin American nations in pledging to reforest 20 million hectares – about the size of Uruguay – of degraded land by 2020, AFP reports.
The announcement by Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador and Chile was made during the 12-day talks amongst the world’s nations taking place in Peru under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN FCCC).
The pact, known as the “20×20 Initiative,” seeks to reduce climate change caused by deforestation.
Costa Rica, Ecuador and Chile pledged to reforest 50,000 hectares each. Mexico agreed to reforest 8.5 million hectares; Peru pledged 3.2 million hectares, Guatemala 1.2 million hectares and Colombia, 1 million hectares.
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