
荷兰政府周一表示,将在未来十年内向一个国际基金捐款最多5亿美元,用于帮助保护热带森林。
这笔资金将帮助设立“永久热带森林基金”(Tropical Forest Forever Facility),这是一个新的公私合营财富基金,旨在奖励保护热带森林的国家。
The Dutch government said on Monday it would contribute up to $500 million over the next decade to an international fund to help protect tropical forests.
该基金的目标是增长至1250亿美元,其中约1000亿美元来自私营部门的投资。基金的净收益将用于以结构性方式奖励积极致力于保护森林的国家。指示性奖励预计约为每年每公顷4美元,森林保护情况将通过卫星图像进行核查。荷兰政府表示,该基金预计能够帮助保护最多9亿公顷的热带森林。荷兰表示,它已加入一个国家联盟,该联盟成员包括巴西、印度尼西亚、英国、挪威、法国和德国,这些国家此前已承诺出资。该基金将由世界银行开发,预计将于2027年年中投入运作。
The money will help set up the Tropical Forest Forever Facility, a new public-private wealth fund which aims to reward countries for preserving tropical forests. The fund aims to grow to $125 billion, with around $100 billion in investments from the private sector The fund's net proceeds will be used to structurally reward countries that actively work to preserve forests The indicative reward is expected to be around $4 per year per hectare, with checks on preservation made through satellite images The fund expects to be able to help save up to 900 million hectares of tropical forests, the Dutch government said The Netherlands said it had joined a coalition of countries including Brazil, Indonesia, Britain, Norway, France and Germany that has already pledged contributions. The fund will be developed by the World Bank and is expected to be operational by mid-2027