A new study finds that Afro-descendant communities in four Amazonian countries are linked to lands with high biodiversity and 29-55% less deforestation compared with protected and unprotected areas.
More than 130 million people in Latin America identify as Afro-descendant peoples (ADP), descendants of those forcibly brought to the Americas during the slave trade.
by Bobby Bascomb
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/07/study-links-afro-descendant-communities-to-less-deforestation-more-biodiversity/