Brazil: OECD Says Environment Must Be Cleaned Up

As the world prepares for the highly anticipated COP 21climate change summit in Paris, which begins at the end of November, Brazil has been warned that it must take further action to clean up its environment. The warning comes from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which recognized Brazil’s progress in reducing deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions, but said that more steps must be taken to change the country’s status as the world’s number one forest destroyer. teleSUR