Brazil: REDD And Indigenous Peoples In Brazil

Brazil: REDD And Indigenous Peoples In Brazil   Andrew Long, 2012   Brazil contains roughly one-third of the world’s remaining tropical forest and nearly half a million indigenous people, many of whom are largely or entirely dependent upon forest resources for subsistence and cultural survival. For decades, its deforestation has been among the most extensive in the world and its indigenous peoples have suffered as a direct result. Recent changes in Brazilian national policy have begun...

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