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53. The Simple Economics of Saving the Amazon Rainforest

People I (Mostly) Admire

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Acologist Gretchen Daly

There is a strong economic case for the world subsidizing the protection of the amazon rain forest. Each hector of land preserved as forest is worth over 28 thousand dollars based on the carbon alone. That isn't even putting a value on byor diversity or trurism, when land is worth almost 30 times more to all humankind as forest. The acologist gretchen daly has actually worked to pay people to preserve the rain forest.

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