Tropical Forests Grow Back Quickly on Abandoned Land, Study Finds

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Dec 10, 2021, 12:45 pm364 pts
In recent decades, cattle grazing has accounted for around two-thirds of deforestation in Brazil, with ranchers clearing forest to create pastures. Halting climate change demands not only stopping deforestation, but reversing it, for instance, by turning pastures back into woodlands. A new study of secondary…

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