An agreement was also reached that would set up a deal to reduce deforestation in return for cash from developed countries.
Using agricultural crops rather than wood has the added advantage of reducing deforestation.
The biggest challenge is not how to reduce deforestation, but how to finance the reduction.
So far, the country has reduced deforestation by more than half since 2005.
Brazil is aiming to reduce deforestation by 80% by 2020.
She vowed to uphold the previous government's commitments to reducing deforestation by 80% by 2020.
Reducing deforestation will play a very important role in the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change.
Since then, there has been progress on important implementation issues, such as adaptation, technology cooperation, and steps to reduce deforestation.
This will make it much harder for Brazil to meet its emission reduction targets which are based on reducing deforestation.
In an effort to reduce deforestation, SEA works to create alternative charcoal.