Indigenous Lands, Protected Areas, and Slowing Climate Change

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Authors

Taylor H. Ricketts · World Wildlife Fund

Britaldo Soares‐Filho · Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca · Global Environment Facility

Daniel C. Nepstad · Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia

Alexander Pfaff · Duke University

Annie Petsonk · Environmental Defense Fund

Anthony Β. Anderson

Abstract

Recent climate talks in Copenhagen reaffirmed the crucial role of reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD). Creating and strengthening indigenous lands and other protected areas represents an effective, practical, and immediate REDD strategy that addresses both biodiversity and climate crises at once.

Topics & Keywords

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Economic and Environmental Valuation Land Use and Ecosystem Services

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Climate action

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS Biology

Volume 8, Issue 3, pp. e1000331-e1000331

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000331

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