Social Protection and Climate Change: Can Brazil pursue twin social and environmental objectives together?

Organization(s): Agence Française de Développement, ILO
Country: Brazil
Year: 2017
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Brazil’s invaluable rainforests have dwindled in recent decades, as agriculture and other development
have moved in. Development opportunities are crucial for many rural populations who continue to live
in poverty. Now, the Government is attempting to address poverty and threats to the environment
together through a new social protection programme.