News Headline
Indigenous lands have less deforestation than state-managed protected areas in most of tropics
Source
The Conversation
Publication Date
2021-12-09
Areas managed by Indigenous peoples cover more than 25% of the world’s land and overlap with 40% of protected areas globally. Studies in Nicaragua and Brazil have found that Indigenous communities with ownership of their land have lower rates of deforestation than neighbouring areas. Often, deforestation in these places is even lower than in protected areas.