How to protect the Amazon? And what lessons can we learn from Colombia? On this episode of Talking Development on the Amazon Forest, Anna Bjerde, World Bank Managing Director, sits down with Rodrigo Botero García, Director of the Foundation for Conservation and Sustainable Development, and Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, World Bank Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean. From Bogotá, Colombia, they discuss the complexity of tackling deforestation, the importance of mobilizing a wide range of actors, and the urgency of acting before it’s too late. Learn more: http://wrld.bg/PlLo50QYb6X #natureconservation

00:00 Introduction
01:23 Insights into what it takes to protect the Amazon Conservation
03:18 Understanding the different drivers of deforestation
05:45 How can the World Bank step up to the challenge?
07:44 Changing the approach before it’s too late
11:00 Joining forces with other international institutions
14:06 Anna’s take

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