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Zero-deforestation pledges need help, support to meet targets, new study finds

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Mongabay (India)

Publication Date
2018-02-01

It’s become a trend for big corporations to pledge that their products won’t cause any more deforestation. And while many experts believe in the potential of these “zero-deforestation” commitments to slow or stop deforestation, a new study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change finds that a number of challenges hamstring the efforts.

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https://news.mongabay.com/2018/02/zero-deforestation-pledges-need-help-support-to-meet-targets-new-study-finds/