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Why land rights for indigenous peoples could be the answer to climate change
Preventing deforestation is central to curbing carbon emissions – and a case study on the Amazon shows the most cost-effective way of doing it. Explorer, author, award-winning documentary maker and advocate for indigenous people’s rights, Bruce Parry, has written this thought provoking peice: I’ve spent a lot of time with indigenous peoples in remote places. So when I argue that the best way – or at least the cheapest way – to stop climate change is to grant land rights to indigenous communities, you might suspect I’m not coming from an entirely objective viewpoint. You’ve probably also heard various industry...