Planet Green: In northern Brazil, there's a town called S?o F?lix do Xingu, located in the heart of the Amazon. Rane Cortez, a forest carbon development adviser with The Nature Conservancy, spent 10 days there. She was searching, but not for a lost treasure (unless you count a less-polluted world). Cortez is working with experts and locals on ways to cut carbon emissions from the destruction of forests.
Here's the deal: The cutting and burning of trees in places like Brazil for cattle ranching or logging is......
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Amazon Traveler Battles Deforestation and Climate Change in Brazil
Posted by Planet Green: None Given on February 25th, 2011
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