A new study finds that Afro-descendant communities in four Amazonian countries are linked to lands with high biodiversity and 29-55% less deforestation compared with protected and unprotected areas.
More than 130 million people in Latin America identify as Afro-descendant peoples (ADP), descendants of those forcibly brought to the Americas during the slave trade.
by Bobby Bascomb
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Study links Afro-descendant communities to less deforestation, more biodiversity
A new study finds Afro-descendant communities in the Amazon are home to less deforestation and more biodiversity than other areas, highlighting the...