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REDD+ within reach in rural Brazil

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Publication Date: 
August 10, 2012
Author: 
Gabriela Ramirez Galindo
News Source: 
CIFOR

Agricultural reform settlements in the Brazilian Amazon have often been associated with high deforestation rates, thus they seem as a natural target for initiatives to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+). However, differences in the deforestation history and levels of economic development among settlements may have important implications for the design of such initiatives, say scientists.

Brazil’s land reform program that aimed to bring “People without land to land without people” has resulted in over 8,500 settlements covering more than 84 million hectares of forest throughout the country.
 
 
 
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