Amanda Starbuck

Key to stopping Amazon deforestation: Indigenous people. This new study shows that only 5% of deforestation occurs in Indigenous territories and protected areas
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Amazon’s least-deforested areas are due to ‘vital role’ of Indigenous peoples - Carbon Brief

Only 5% of net forest loss occurs in Indigenous territories and protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon – even though these areas contain muchf of the region’s forest. 

Carbon Brief
Jan 31, 2023 at 4:00pmWeb
Show threadSebastianFeb 1, 2023
@starbuck A good documentary about this topic is the film "The Territory" on Disney+/NatGeo. It shows the work and life of indigenous people and how hard they have to fight against invaders.