Indigenous lands hold the world’s healthiest forests – but only when their rights are protected

Mongabay
Nov 7, 2022, 10:33 pm354 pts
The world’s healthiest tropical forests are located in protected Indigenous areas (PIAs), according to a new study. “After accounting for location biases […], protected-Indigenous areas had the highest protective effect on forest integrity and the lowest land-use intensity relative to Indigenous lands,…

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Indigenous lands hold the world’s healthiest forests – but only when their rights are protected

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