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New study finds biodiversity conservation secures ecosystem services for people
Date:12/5/2007

living in extreme poverty.

Significantly, there are many opportunities for conserving both species and ecosystem services together, especially in the Amazon Basin, the Congo Basin, Madagascar, Borneo and New Guinea. Protecting these intact forests is critical to reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries while also supporting the livelihoods of traditional and indigenous peoples.

With climate change recognized as the greatest environmental threat facing the planet, the study provides a timely reminder that investments to maintain healthy ecosystems and their restorative powers is cost effective for biodiversity, the livelihoods of local people and economic development, and as a way to protect the CO2 stored in these areas from release.

Protecting intact tropical forests is critical for reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries, said Will R. Turner, a CI ecologist who also was an author of the paper. We need to conserve these forests for the benefit of local populations and the world as a whole.

Restoring destroyed forests also is necessary to help damaged habitat recover, ensure the persistence of species, and restore critical ecosystem services, particularly in regions with large human populations such as Brazils Atlantic Forest and much of Southeast Asia.


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Contact: Susan Bruce
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703-341-2471
Conservation International
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