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Carbon trading: How to save a forest

Nature volume 462, pages 26–29 (2009)Cite this article

Projects in Madagascar could provide a model for stemming deforestation. But first these efforts must deal with the poverty and political upheaval that threaten forests, reports Anjali Nayar.

Félix Ratelolahy and his team of field researchers are hiking through the dense growth of the Makira forest in northeastern Madagascar. Uapaca trees tower over them, with their spider-leg roots tall enough to walk under. Brilliant white orchids pour out of their perches in the trees. And every so often the leaves above rustle, as googly-eyed lemurs dance among the branches.

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Anjali Nayar is an International Development Research Centre fellow at Nature.

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Nayar, A. Carbon trading: How to save a forest. Nature 462, 26–29 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/462026a

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