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Protected Areas More Effective Than Sustainable-use For Protecting Amazon Rainforest

YubaNet.com published an article discussing the findings of University of Michigan researchers that ” strictly protected areas such as national parks and biological reserves have been more effective at reducing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest than so-called sustainable-use areas that allow for controlled resource extraction” Read full story at YubaNet: Protected Areas Successfully Prevent Deforestation in Amazon Rainforest