Finland plans to support a regional biodiversity programme in the Amazon region of the four Andean members of CAN - Peru Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador - during 2009-12. Finland will contribute about EUR 6 million to the programme.

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Norfund asks for NOK 1b aid crisis package

The Norwegian aid-financed risk capital fund Norfund has requested an extraordinary NOK 1 billion injection of capital to invest in Sub-Saharan Africa to counter a downward trend in foreign investments in the region following the international finance crisis. The requested funds amount to 0.7 per cent of Norway’s domestic financial package to meet the crisis.