New Study: Mexico's Forest Communities Excel, Outperform other Strategies for Capturing Carbon to Slow Climate Change

Source: Eureka Alert -- When allowed to benefit economically from their forests, forest communities in Mexico-made up of indigenous peoples and formerly landless laborers-are able to capture carbon more effectively than any other public or private group working to slow deforestation, according to a comprehensive review by researchers with the Consejo Civil Mexicano de Silvicultura Sostenible (CCMSS, www.ccmss.org.mx) and the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI,www.rightsandresources.org), a US...