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More than trees why addressing poverty is critical to reforestation of the Amazon
2015-09-14 08:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: "Each year the Amazon rainforest is disappearing at the rate of an area equivalent to Belgium, Wales, ... so ran the headlines 20 years ago. Today, tropical deforestation is less of a headline grabber but the problem remains. Over the last 20 years, climate change has taken centre stage, although carbon sequestration of trees is widely recognised as a critical part of the solution. In Bolivia, the carbon sink of the Amazon continues to be deforested at an alarming rate, chiefly by large scale...
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