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- Prince Charles seeks to protect Brazil's Amazonian rainforest
Prince Charles seeks to protect Brazil's Amazonian rainforest
Winston F. Burges
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - During his visit to Brazil on 13 March, Prince Charles stressed the importance of protecting the environment and warned that mankind "has 100 months or less to save the planet from a climate-caused disaster," reported AP.
In his speech at the Itamaraty Palace in Rio de Janeiro, after meeting President Luis Inácio "Lula" Da Silva, Prince Charles proposed that the protection of Brazil's Amazon rainforest could be financed through his non-profit organisation, The Prince's Rainforests Project, by selling bonds that would be guaranteed by developed countries and bought by large investors such as pension funds and insurance companies.
Prince Charles stressed that the money would not come in the form of loans but would be paid to tropical countries in exchange for ecological services rendered to the rest of the world, and especially to developed industrial nations. He edded, according to Jornal Cruzeiro do Su, that the proposal has already received support from the World Bank and other international organisations.
"As with all business contracts, payment would be based on results. The more natural resources saved, the more [money] these countries would receive," the Prince of Wales told Estadão.
Referring to the global economic crisis, according to Folha Online, Prince Charles warned that there was a danger that present circumstances might push the environment down the agenda. "As the world's economy heads further into recession, it would be easy to lose sight of the bigger picture; to commit the sin, as we say in England, ... of 'not seeing the forest for the trees'," he said before leaving for the Amazon rainforest to see man's impact on nature for himself.
AP also reported that, on his return to the Amazonian city of Manaus, the prince received the "Friend of the Forest and Climate Award" for his efforts to combat global warming. The award was given by the environmental defence organisation Conservation International and the state of Amazonas.
Brazil was the second stop on the prince's South American tour. He was accompanied by his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall. The tour coincided with the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin, whose travels in the Galapagos Islands were a source of inspiration for his theory of evolution.
According to El Comercio, the royal couple visited Chile, Brazil, and Ecuador, before ending their ten day tour in the Galapagos Islands on 17 March.
Source: http://infosurhoy.com
