More than just the end of a tradition, the decline of rubber extraction represents the collapse of the model envisioned by Brazil of defending the possibility of preserving the forest while affording respectable living conditions for those who inhabit it.
With international support, the country attempts to define the most convenient mechanisms to quantify deforestation and carbon stocks.
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