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Indigenous lands in the Amazon are bulwarks against deforestation
Publicado em 20 de abril de 2022
Even as deforestation continues apace in the Amazon rainforests in Brazil, indigenous reservations have acted as barriers against further despoilation of these unique ecosystems and served as carbon sinks.
Over the past three decades a total of 69 million hectares of forest has been felled and burned down across the Amazon. However, of this vast area only 1.6% has been on indigenous lands, based on an analysis by Biomas, a joint project by environmental groups, universities and [...]