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Forests re-grown on cleared lands in LatAm key for climate, land rights: study
2016-05-13 20:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Forests re-grown on lands that had been cleared for agriculture in Latin America could play a key role in trapping carbon from the atmosphere and mitigating climate change if they are managed properly, researchers said in a study published on Friday. Over the next 40 years, such second-growth forests have the potential to sequester greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to all fossil fuel and industrial emissions from Latin America in the past two decades, said the study by scientists at the University...
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