Want To Fight Climate Change? Give Afro-Descendant Communities Land Rights, New Report Says

Inside Climate News · By Katie Surma · last updated July 22, 2025 – 1:07 AM

A peer-reviewed study found Afro-descendant territories outperform comparable lands in preventing forest loss thanks to centuries of sustainable land management practices.

By Katie Surma

Territories owned and managed by Afro-descendant communities in Amazonian countries are under threat from miners, loggers and oil companies eager to exploit natural resources. Yet those territories are among some of the region’s healthiest, according to a new peer-reviewed study.

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