Indigenous property rights protect the Amazon rainforest
Monday, August 10, 2020 - 14:11
in Earth & Climate
One way to cut back on deforestation in the Amazon rainforest—and help in the global fight against climate change—is to grant more of Brazil's indigenous communities full property rights to tribal lands. This policy focus is suggested by a new University California of San Diego study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.