News Headline
Norway puts $1.6B into rainforest conservation
Source
Mongabay.com
Publication Date
2014-08-19
Since 2008 Norway has been the single largest foreign donor to tropical forest conservation, putting more than 10 billion Norwegian Krone, or $1.6 billion, toward programs in several countries under its International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI). But how effective have those funds been in actually protecting forests? A new assessment by the country's Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) concludes that the program is indeed having an impact despite an inauspicious start.