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Amazon deforestation cut by 83% in places protected by Indigenous communities – new research (theconversation.com)

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Although deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon have halved, it is still losing more than 5,000km² every year. That’s an area three times larger than Greater London.

By combining satellite imagery for the entire Amazon region with data from the Brazilian national census, our new study found that deforestation in areas protected by Indigenous communities was up to 83% lower compared to unprotected areas. These results show that Indigenous communities can play an important environmental stewardship role by helping to prevent deforestation by people encroaching on their lands.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I guess the logging companies still havent warmed up to murdering humans as much as murdering the ecosystem.

Protest works people, who knew :)