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Rainforests: The fight against deforestation happens on the ground

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Published: January 13th, 2022,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

From Pedro Frizo
Pedro Frizo is a partner at Conexsus. The NGO seeks to develop rural enterprises to protect Brazil’s natural areas.

The protection and conservation of biomes, especially tropical rainforests, is critical to achieve climate goals, especially in countries with abundant forest cover. Nevertheless, the latest monitoring data show significant deforestation in many of these areas, including the world’s most extensive.

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