Positive news from Argentina
Indigenous group and NGO establish crucial corridor in vanishing Atlantic ForestLast month, three Guarani communities, the local Argentine government of Misiones, and the UK-based NGO World Land Trust forged an agreement to create a nature reserve connecting three protected areas in the fractured, and almost extinct, Atlantic Forest.
"The agreement that has been reached is truly ground-breaking, and it’s been heralded as such by the government of Misiones. In my view, it is probably the most important land purchase the WLT will ever make, because of the innovations involved and the wealth of biodiversity it protects."
- John Burton the head of World Land Trust (WLT |
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Indigenous group and NGO establish crucial corridor in vanishing Atlantic Forest
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