Indigenous lands have less deforestation than state-managed protected areas in most of tropics

The world lost more than 12 million hectares of tropical forest in 2020, an area about half the size of the UK. Tropical forests contain much of the world’s animal and plant species and store more than half of its terrestrial carbon. Just as importantly, they are home to people who depend on them for their livelihoods, spiritual and cultural practices and wellbeing.

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