HC Deb 03 December 1990 vol 182 c1W
41. Mr. Jacques Arnold

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Britain's participation in the efforts to save the Amazon rain forests.

Mrs. Chalker

The United Kingdom is supporting a comprehensive approach towards protection of the Amazonian rain forests both by seeking reforms of the tropical forestry action plan and by helping in specific countries. We already have projects in place in Brazil, Ecuador and Bolivia.

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