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Podcast: Mongabay Newscast
Episode: Mongabay Reports: Protecting forests on a budget? Here's how.
Description: It's tough to fund conservation, and deciding exactly how (and where) funding gets used is even trickier. However, researchers recently identified where and when to "get the most bang for our buck," in a newly published study. Many of the highest-conservation-priority areas identified fall within lower-income tropical countries. While substantial international funding is likely needed to conserve and restore forests, securing Indigenous peoples' land rights could be a low-cost, and equitable solution, since 80% of the planet's biodiversity lies within Indigenous peoples' territories. Listen to the popular article from Liz Kimbrough: Protecting global forests with a limi...