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News Release 16-057
Natural regeneration of tropical forests helps global climate mitigation and forest restoration
New study looks at 43 regions in Latin America
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Small patches of tropical dry forest are regrowing spontaneously in a former pastureland.
Credit: Robin Chazdon
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Pasture with young second-growth forest in the background in Chiapas, Mexico.
Credit: Robin Chazdon
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An 18-year-old second-growth wet tropical forest in Costa Rica that was once a pasture.
Credit: Robin Chazdon
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Extensive natural regeneration of Atlantic rainforest at Rio Cachoiera Nature Reserve in Brazil.
Credit: Robin Chazdon
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Old-growth Atlantic rainforest in background with second-growth in foreground in Bahia, Brazil.
Credit: Wayt Thomas
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