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A Clever Way to Conserve Forests

Source
JSTOR Daily

Publication Date
2017-08-31

As climate change looms, economists and scientists continue to seek ways to reduce the release of carbon into the atmosphere. There is a lot of research into ways we can preserve our modern way of life while reducing carbon emissions, especially in the already-developed world. Sometimes a low-tech approach is overlooked: conserving forests. Keeping a forest standing keeps a lot of carbon from entering the atmosphere in the first place (not to mention further carbon storage through photosynthesis and tree growth).

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https://daily.jstor.org/a-clever-way-to-conserve-forests/