Amazon on the Amazon: Tech giant to help Brazilian farmers restore 20,000 hectares of rainforest

Michael Holder
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The Amazon rainforest has faced an intensifying assault from loggers and livestock farmers in recent years
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The Amazon rainforest has faced an intensifying assault from loggers and livestock farmers in recent years

Major nature-based climate solutions initiative could remove up to 10 million metric tonnes of CO2 from atmosphere by 2050

Amazon is to pay Brazilian farmers in the Amazon region to restore around 20,000 hectares of rainforest over the next three years, as part of a new nature-based climate solutions initiative it estimates...

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