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A modest proposal for wealthy countries to reforest their land for the common good
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A modest proposal for wealthy countries to reforest their land for the common good

Erik M Meijaard and Douglas Sheil
Biotropica, Vol.43(5), pp.524-528
2011
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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This output has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:

#1 No Poverty
#2 Zero Hunger
#13 Climate Action
#15 Life on Land

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Abstract

Environmental Sciences Biofuel conservation deforestation double-standards ethics inequity oil-palm REDD restoration tree-spiking tropics

We discuss a recent press release calling on wealthy countries to do more to combat climate change and protect their biodiversity. We examine some further examples of how questionable views are imposed unilaterally on conservation problems. Until we better engage with local perspectives we shall be less credible and less effective as conservationists.

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