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Study demonstrates that indigenous hunting with fire helps sustain Brazil's savannas

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Physorg

Publication Date
2013-12-12

Indigenous use of fire for hunting is an unlikely contributor to long-term carbon emissions, but it is an effective environmental management and recovery tool against agribusiness deforestation, a new study from Indiana University and Brazil's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation has found.

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http://phys.org/news/2013-12-indigenous-sustain-brazil-savannas.html