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Altered forests threaten sustainability of subsistence hunting
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Altered forests threaten sustainability of subsistence hunting

The way humans have changed the forests of Central and South America may be making it impossible for subsistence hunters to continue their way of life, according to two conservation scientists.

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Tracking the shift of tropical forests from carbon sink to source
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Tracking the shift of tropical forests from carbon sink to source

Scientists seeking the tools necessary to tackle climate change need to better understand both the current interplay between carbon and tropical forests and how those forests will respond as temperatures warm.

Forest communities pay the price for conservation in Madagascar
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Forest communities pay the price for conservation in Madagascar

Local and indigenous communities seem to hold the key to protecting both forests and the massive amounts of carbon that they contain — and on which we all depend.

Researchers propose Payments for Ecosystem Services program framework that better delivers socioeconomic benefits
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Researchers propose Payments for Ecosystem Services program framework that better delivers socioeconomic benefits

The authors of a study published in the journal Science Advances developed a framework for examining the ways Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) programs affect socioeconomic outcomes, and how such programs could improve.
Carbon pricing could save millions of hectares of tropical forest: New study

Carbon pricing could save millions of hectares of tropical forest: New study

A new study finds that putting a price on carbon could drastically reduce the amount of deforestation in the tropics by 2050.

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