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Showing papers by "Taylor H. Ricketts published in 2010"

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Indigenous Lands, Protected Areas, and Slowing Climate Change

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Taylor H. Ricketts1, Britaldo Soares-Filho2, Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca3, Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca2, Daniel C. Nepstad4, Alexander Pfaff5, Annie Petsonk6, Anthony B. Anderson1, Doug Boucher7, Andrea Cattaneo4, Marc Conte8, Ken Creighton, Lawrence Linden, Claudio Maretti1, Paulo Moutinho4, Roger Ullman, Ray Victurine9 •
World Wide Fund for Nature1, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais2, Global Environment Facility3, Woods Hole Research Center4, Duke University5, Environmental Defense Fund6, Union of Concerned Scientists7, Stanford University8, Wildlife Conservation Society9
16 Mar 2010-PLOS Biology
TL;DR: Creating and strengthening indigenous lands and other protected areas represents an effective, practical, and immediate REDD strategy that addresses both biodiversity and climate crises at once.
Abstract: Recent climate talks in Copenhagen reaffirmed the crucial role of reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD). Creating and strengthening indigenous lands and other protected areas represents an effective, practical, and immediate REDD strategy that addresses both biodiversity and climate crises at once.

188 citations