Due to the 2005 estimation that the Amazon Rain forest would be reduced by 40% in two decades, the global authorities were alarmed.
Aiming at slowing down deforestation of the Amazon rainforest the Norwegian Government donated $1 billion to the newly established Amazon fund.
For the history, deforestation of the Amazon rainforest can be attributed to many different factors and the annual deforestation rate from 2000 to 2005 was 18% higher than in the previous five years.
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