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M&S unveils plan to protect 5,000 acres of the Amazon
2013-11-12 11:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Marks and Spencer has launched a major new initiative to protect more than a million trees in the Amazon, after signing a deal with Cornish charity Cool Earth. Cool Earth works in some of the world's most endangered rainforest, paying indigenous people a higher price to manage forests sustainably than the price they would get for clearing forests through illegal logging or creating palm oil or cattle plantations. M&S today confirmed it has invested an undisclosed sum and signed a three-year...
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