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Conservation policies that boost farm yields may ultimately undermine forest protection, argues study

2013-04-17 07:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Rising agricultural profitability due to higher prices, improved crop productivity, and forest conservation itself could make it increasingly difficult for conservation programs tied to payments for ecosystem services to succeed, warns a study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The prediction is based on a model that forecasts the potential impact of agricultural intensification on small farmers' behavior in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)....

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