To reverse deforestation and protect biodiversity, build a bioeconomy in the Amazon (commentary)

Mongabay
Feb 23, 2024, 6:14 pm299 pts
Teaming with tropical rainforest, the Amazon Basin is a vital defense against global warming. Yet deforestation combined with extreme weather are behind the region’s worst drought in fifty years. Forest clearance to make way for cattle and soy are disrupting micro-climates. Warmer temperatures, spurred on…

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