OSLO, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Norway has pledged 220 million Norwegian kroner (20 million U.S. dollars) to Colombia to bolster its efforts against deforestation, the government said in a press release on Monday.
The decision was declared by Climate and Environment Minister Tore Sandvik at the COP16 Biodiversity Summit in Cali, Colombia. The funding aims to strengthen Colombia's rainforest conservation and mitigate illegal activities that threaten the region's biodiversity.
