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Tropical forests can recover surprisingly quickly on deforested lands – and letting them regrow naturally is an effective and low-cost way to slow climate change

  • Written by Robin Chazdon, Professor Emerita of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
imageA 32-year-old forest on former pastureland in northeastern Costa Rica.Robin Chazdon, CC BY-ND

Tropical forests are among the world’s best tools for fighting climate change and the loss of wild species. They store huge quantities of carbon, shelter thousands of plants and animals and are home to Indigenous peoples who sustain them....

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