Truthdig: Scientists in the US and Latin America have once again confirmed the importance of the Amazon rainforest as a planetary resource and as a carbon sink to store carbon drawn down from the atmosphere. Sadly, they have also confirmed, once again, that it is at risk.
New research, released in time for the UN climate change conference being held in Lima, Peru, shows that 55% of the Amazons carbon is in the indigenous territories that are home to the regionss 385 tribal peoples, or in formally-designated...