德国将大力保护亚马逊雨林免遭砍伐

Germany cuts $39M in funds to Brazil for Amazon preservation over deforestation。

德国削减了向巴西提供的3900万美元资金，用于保护亚马逊雨林免遭砍伐。

Germany decided to suspend $39 million in funds sent to Brazil to finance projects aimed at preserving the Amazon forest due to increasing deforestation, Brazilian media outlets reported on Saturday.

据巴西媒体上周六报道，德国决定暂停向巴西提供3900万美元的资金，这些资金将用于资助旨在保护亚马逊森林的项目，因为森林砍伐日益严重。

The move reflects “great concerns with an increasing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon,” the German embassy in Brazil told Folha de S.Paulo newspaper, adding that the cut does not affect the Amazon Fund, to which Germany is a key donor.

德国驻巴西大使馆在接受《圣保罗报》采访时表示，此举反映出“对巴西亚马逊河森林砍伐日益严重的担忧”，并补充说，这一削减并不影响亚马逊河基金会，德国是该基金会的主要捐助国。

According to O Globo newspaper, the decision concerns only funds destined to new projects financed by the Ministry of Environment.

据《环球报》报道，该决定只涉及到由环境部资助的新项目的资金。

German diplomats could not be immediately reached for comment.

记者未能立即联系到德国外交官置评。

Deforestation in the Brazil’s rainforest surged 67% in the first seven months of the year, according to Brazil’s space research agency, though the government has claimed the data is unreliable and misleading.

根据巴西太空研究机构的数据，今年前七个月，巴西雨林的森林砍伐率飙升了67%，尽管政府声称这些数据不可靠且具有误导性。