HC Deb 09 November 1989 vol 159 c717W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what policy considerations lie behind British support for the Tapajos project.

Mrs. Chalker

We have not agreed to provide support to this project from the aid programme, but only to explore the possibility of doing so. I understand that the aim of the project is to promote sustainable forest management and to provide demonstration areas in which to develop such management practices; these are relevant to the needs of Brazil and other countries.

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