Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos pledges £732m to help reforestation in Africa after chat with Prince Charles about the importance of trees
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•Prince Charles played a key role in getting Jeff Bezos to pledge £732million
•Amazon founder is matching a past contribution for land restoration in Africa
•The Great Green Wall initiative will plant 20m trees across the width of Africa
•Prince was 'instrumental' in bringing Mr Bezos and Emmanuel Macron together
Mr Bezos said: 'We all know that this is the decisive decade, but without action, it will become the indecisive decade.
'We can't let that happen. Please consider us an ally for this important cause.'
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•Amazon founder is matching a past contribution for land restoration in Africa
•The Great Green Wall initiative will plant 20m trees across the width of Africa
•Prince was 'instrumental' in bringing Mr Bezos and Emmanuel Macron together
Mr Bezos said: 'We all know that this is the decisive decade, but without action, it will become the indecisive decade.
'We can't let that happen. Please consider us an ally for this important cause.'
Read further from the source above
Keywords
reforestation
land degradation
Sahel
Great Green Wall (GGW)
financial assistance