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Indigenous and Afro-descendent managed Amazon forests are largely net carbon sinks, entitled ones even more so, while other #Amazon areas are carbon sources due to higher #deforestation rates. Furthering #CommunityForests is a #ClimateChange #Mitigation strategy.

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Indigenous Forests Are Some of the Amazon’s Last Carbon Sinks

Forests managed by Indigenous people in the Amazon are a strong carbon sink, removing a net 340 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere each year, equivalent to the U.K.’s annual fossil fuel emissions. Meanwhile, forests outside of the Amazon’s Indigenous lands are collectively a carbon source, due to significant forest loss.

World Resources Institute