Indigenous territories and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Indigenous territories and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

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Indigenous territories and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon for 1985, 1995, 2005 and 2015. Deforestation is significantly reduced in territories with full property rights.

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Image courtesy Kathryn Baragwanath, UC San Diego.

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