"In a 'debt for nature' swap, the United States has agreed to forgive about 20 percent of the 108 million dollars owed by Guatemala. In exchange, the Central American country will invest 24.4 million dollars to protect species-rich subtropical and tropical ecosystems....[Conservationists] hope the swap will help protect coastal mangrove swamps, high-altitude cloud forests, and rain forests in Guatemala."
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