Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Forest protected areas important for slowing climate change

An island of rainforest has been spared in the middle of a soy field
The authors highlight analyses showing that since 2002, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has been 7 to 11 times lower inside of indigenous lands and other protected areas than elsewhere.

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