Reserves found to be 'effective tool' for reducing fires in Brazilian rainforests
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - 07:56
in Biology & Nature
Rainforest reserves - even those disturbed by roads - provide an important buffer against fires that are devastating parts of the Brazilian Amazon, according to a new study by a trio of researchers at Duke University published 8 April in the open-access, peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE...