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

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.

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
Nathália Nascimento
Member, Science Panel for the Amazon
Julia Arieira
Member, Science Panel for the Amazon
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
In the Peruvian Amazon, gold mining, road building, and oil palm plantations have pushed deforestation rates up. Image: NASA

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