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Targeted enforcement saved a Massachusetts-worth of Amazon rainforest in 3 years

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Mongabay.com

Publication Date
2014-07-24

Targeted law enforcement efforts via Brazil's green municipalities programs were responsible for reducing deforestation by 10,653 square kilometers — an area the size of Massachusetts — between 2009 and 2011, argues a paper published in the journal Land Use Policy.

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