Published On: Mon, Aug 3rd, 2020

Battle of the heavyweights

With the climate emergency, this landmark case has taken on added urgency: the absolute imperative being now that carbon and water sequestering forests, and the biodiversity that they contain, are protected and kept intact.
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Jan Goodey reports on the legal bid to save the Amazon fringe that could set a worldwide precedent for forest protection.

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With the climate emergency, this landmark case has taken on added urgency: the absolute imperative being now that carbon and water sequestering forests, and the biodiversity that they contain, are protected and kept intact.
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Jan Goodey reports on the legal bid to save the Amazon fringe that could set a worldwide precedent for forest protection.

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