Indigenous Lands, Protected Areas, and Slowing Climate Change

Taylor H Ricketts, Britaldo Soares-Filho, Gustavo A B da Fonseca, Daniel Nepstad, Alexander Pfaff, Annie Petsonk, Anthony Anderson, Doug Boucher, Andrea Cattaneo, Marc Conte (), Ken Creighton, Lawrence Linden, Claudio Maretti, Paulo Moutinho, Roger Ullman and Ray Victurine

PLOS Biology, 2010, vol. 8, issue 3, 1-4

Abstract: Recent climate talks in Copenhagen reaffirmed the crucial role of reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD). Creating and strengthening indigenous lands and other protected areas represents an effective, practical, and immediate REDD strategy that addresses both biodiversity and climate crises at once.

Date: 2010
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