Israel’s VeganNation Leases 15,000 Acres In Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest To Protect It | NoCamels – Israeli Innovation News

Israeli startup VeganNation announced Friday that it leased some 15,000 acres (60.7 square kilometers or 23.4 square miles) in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest for a ten-year period to protect the land from deforestation and wildlife poaching. The Amazon basin covers about 2.7 million square miles, 2.1 million square miles of which is rainforest; and much of it is in Brazil.