Protected areas and indigenous territories offset all Amazon forest emissions -report

Published 23:44 on April 30, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:44 on April 30, 2025  / /  Americas, Biodiversity, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

Protected areas and indigenous territories contain 60% of the Amazon’s total aboveground biomass and have remained carbon sinks over the past 10 years, according to a new report by the Monitoring of the Andes Amazon Programme (MAAP).
Protected areas and indigenous territories contain 60% of the Amazon’s total aboveground biomass and have remained carbon sinks over the past 10 years, according to a new report by the Monitoring of the Andes Amazon Programme (MAAP).


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