Indigenous communities with strong territorial rights can resist land grabs in Brazil's fragmented Atlantic Forest

A new study published today in PNAS Nexus revealed for the first time that Indigenous peoples, with officially recognized rights to their territories in Brazil’s embattled Atlantic Forest, reduced deforestation and improved forest cover, outperforming territories that lack formal tenure.

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