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Ignoring indigenous rights Amazon fuels global warming study
2014-12-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: More than half the carbon in the Amazon region could be released into the atmosphere unless indigenous land rights are protected, a new study said on Tuesday, as a UN climate conference got under way in Peru. Indigenous territories and protected natural areas across nine South American countries account for more than half the carbon stored in the Amazon, the study published in the journal Carbon Management reported. If this land is exploited for logging, mining or commercial farming, much of...
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