Australia gives A$6m boost to illegal logging fight
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Sydney
AUSTRALIA on Tuesday pledged A$6 million (S$6.7 million) to the fight against illegal logging as top officials and conservationists met in Sydney for the Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit.
The two-day forum, being held ahead of the once-a-decade World Parks Congress that begins on Wednesday, was set up by the Australian government as part of an election pledge to help countries reduce rainforest loss and cut global greenhouse gas emissions.
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