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New Research: Indigenous Communities Reduce Amazon Deforestation by 83%" Palm Oil Detectives

Although #deforestation rates in the Brazilian #Amazon have halved, this globally critical biome is still losing more than 5,000km² every year. That’s an area three times larger than Greater London. By combining satellite imagery for the entire Amazon region with data from the Brazilian national census, our new study found that deforestation in areas protected by #Indigenous communities was up to 83% lower compared to unprotected areas. Results demonstrate that returning lands to Indigenous comm