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Protecting existing forests from disturbances, like selective logging and wildfires, are more cost-effective for biodiversity and climate than restoration a new study in Science shows. Read more 👉️ buff.ly/0hakcvS

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Stockholm Environment Institute

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18 Sept

The analysis covered more than three million hectares in the regions of Santarém and Paragominas, between 2010 and 2020.

Stockholm Environment Institute

@sei.org

18 Sept

An international team of researchers from the UK, Brazil, Sweden and Australia, led by scientists at @lancasteruni.bsky.social undertook the first systematic comparison study of its kind by contrasting different ways to either protect existing forests or restore them on agricultural land.