Wednesday 3 September 2014

Less than $200m would conserve precious Atlantic Forest in Brazil, say researchers

Date:
August 28, 2014

Source:
Imperial College London

Summary:
Brazil could conserve its valuable Atlantic Forest by investing just 0.01 per cent of its annual GDP, according to a new study. Situated along the Atlantic coast of Brazil, it once covered an area of nearly 1.5 million square kilometres. Today, the forest is home to more than 130 million people and it covers only 160,000 km2, because of deforestation


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