Deforestation is a major problem globally. The world loses the equivalent of 27 soccer field’s worth of forests every minute, which accounts for around 10% of the world’s carbon emissions. This week on The World’s climate solutions series The Big Fix, environment producer Anna Kusmer shares a new study that shows how an anti-poverty program has an unexpected benefit.
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