Indigenous Lands, Protected Areas, and Slowing Climate Change

Overview

Journal PLoS Biol

Specialty Biology

Date 2010 Mar 23

PMID 20305712

Citations 14

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

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Abstract

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 climate crises at once.

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