A community-led strategy to save Brazil’s dry forests from desertification

Mongabay
Dec 11, 2023, 5:16 am212 pts
UAUÁ, Bahia, Brazil — In the backlands of northern Bahia state, nobody ever thought about putting up a fence in the woods. According to the tradition that governs fundo de pasto communities, the Caatinga dry forest belongs to everyone: Everything there, from trees to cactuses, should remain freely…

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