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The country has invested $ 561 million in environmental protection in the last 10 years
Posted On 15 May 2017
Ecuadornews:
Between 2007 and 2016 Ecuador invested 561 million in the protection of 52 natural areas to improve the management of protected areas, fight deforestation and establish an integral waste operation, according to the Ministry of the Environment.
The percentage of protected lands increased from 25.88% in 2008 to 33.92% in 2016, according to reports of the aforementioned state agency.
The National Secretariat for Planning and Development (Senplades) reported that in terms of deforestation there was a reduction of 78,000 hectares per year within the 2000-2008 period, to 47,000 hectares per year between 2008 and 2014, representing a 39 % decrease.
The planning agency added that institutional and legal measures (reforms) were implemented to achieve these figures.
