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- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), INTERPOL, and Norway launched the third phase of the Law Enforcement Assistance Programme to Reduce Tropical Deforestation (LEAP) to combat illegal logging.
- This phase, announced at the United for Wildlife Global Summit in Rio de Janeiro, aims to enhance international cooperation among law enforcement agencies.
- Since its inception in 2018, LEAP has focused on dismantling organized crime networks linked to forest crime.
- The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), unveiled at COP30, aims to raise up to $125 billion for forest management in developing countries.
- Brazil's decreasing deforestation rates present an opportunity for global action against deforestation.
