Individual protected areas in Amazonia differ greatly in how effectively they help to fight deforestation and carbon emissions

(University of Turku) While tropical forests remain threatened and their future is uncertain, the importance of understanding how well individual protected areas avoid deforestation increases. Researchers from the University of Turku and University of Helsinki, Finland, have investigated this question in a newly published study that focuses on the State of Acre in Brazilian Amazonia.
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