Conservation is not enough - we need to restore the Amazon forest

Jan 19, 2023

Forest restoration is essential to prevent the Amazon from reaching a tipping point that would release more than 200 billion tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. Image: NASA Earth Observatory

Carlos Nobre

Senior Researcher, University of São Paulo’s Institute for Advanced Studies

Pedro H. S. Brancalion

Member, Science Panel for the Amazon

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In the Peruvian Amazon, gold mining, road building, and oil palm plantations have pushed deforestation rates up. Image: NASA

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