How To Tackle Deforestation? Give Indigenous People Their Land Rights. | HuffPost - 1 views
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Deforestation rates are significantly lower in forests protected and governed by Indigenous people, according to a new report.
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found that, on average, forests in Indigenous and tribal territories have been much better conserved than other forests in the region.
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Forests are huge carbon sinks and vital tools in holding back the climate crisis as well as stabilizing regional temperatures and rainfall patterns. Indigenous territories hold roughly one-third of all the carbon stored in the forests of Latin America and the Caribbean, and 14% of the carbon in tropical forests around the world.
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