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Latin American & Caribbean Nations Pledge Major Forest Restoration Efforts

2014-12-08 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: Latin American and Caribbean countries yesterday launched Initiative 20x20, an effort to begin restoring 20 million hectares of degraded land -- an area larger than Uruguay -- by 2020. The initiative has secured $365 million in funds, its leaders announced, which will be used to restore forests, avoid deforestation, and improve the use of trees and livestock in agriculture -- practices known as agroforestry and silvopasture. This restoration is expected to provide extensive economic, social, and...

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