Indigenous lands, protected areas, and slowing climate change.

Recent climate talks in Copenhagen reaffirmed the crucial role of reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD). Creating and strengthening indigenous lands and other protected areas represents an effective, practical, and immediate REDD strategy that addresses both biodiversity and c...

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Published in:PLoS Biology
Main Authors: Taylor H Ricketts, Britaldo Soares-Filho, Gustavo A B da Fonseca, Daniel Nepstad, Alexander Pfaff, Annie Petsonk, Anthony Anderson, Doug Boucher, Andrea Cattaneo, Marc Conte, Ken Creighton, Lawrence Linden, Claudio Maretti, Paulo Moutinho, Roger Ullman, Ray Victurine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-03-01
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Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2838743?pdf=render