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Amazon study reveals the best strategies for protecting biodiversity and carbon

A large Amazon study suggests the most powerful conservation move may be protecting the forests that are already standing. Restoration remains important, particularly where forests have already been heavily cleared, but it was more expensive and less effective on its own.

Amazon study reveals the best strategies for protecting biodiversity and carbon

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A large Amazon study suggests the most powerful conservation move may be protecting the forests that are already standing.

Restoration remains important, particularly where forests have already been heavily cleared, but it was more expensive and less effective on its own.

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A large Amazon study suggests the most powerful conservation move may be protecting the forests that are already standing. Restoration remains important, particularly where forests have already been heavily cleared, but it was more expensive and less effective on its own.

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