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53. The Simple Economics of Saving the Amazon Rainforest

People I (Mostly) Admire

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China's Grain for Green Programme Has Been on Going Since 19 99

China's grain for green programme has been on going since 19 99. The payouts are relatively small on a per capita basis, but for a small amount of money per capita, there's been a massive increase in flood security. Dally found that a decade after the programme was implemented and millions of hecterias were reforested,. there were improvements in soil retention, carbon sequestration, flood mitigation and even sandstorm prevention.

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