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"Restoring natural landscapes damaged by human exploitation can be one
of the most effective and cheapest ways to combat the climate crisis
while also boosting dwindling wildlife populations, a scientific study
finds.
If a third of the planet’s most degraded areas were restored, and
protection was thrown around areas still in good condition, that would
store carbon equating to half of all human caused greenhouse gas
emissions since the industrial revolution.
The changes would prevent about 70% of predicted species extinctions,
according to the research, which is published in the journal
Nature.
Scientists from Brazil, Australia and Europe identified scores of places
around the world where such interventions would be most effective, from
tropical forests to coastal wetlands and upland peat. Many of them were
in developing countries, but there were hotspots on every continent."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
