S8 Episode 1: Paying for a Healthy Planet
Update: 2022-09-14
Description
The Amazon has been called the lungs of the planet. Its dense jungles play a key role in absorbing the Earth’s greenhouse gases, but the forest is disappearing quickly. In this episode: research from Colombia, Africa and China illustrates how economics can help slow deforestation and combat the climate crisis.
Guests:
- Lina Moros, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
- Wumeng He, Wuhan University, China; Duke Kunshan University
- Alex Pfaff, Duke University
This is the first in our series Climate Solutions.
Find out more about the film Sonic Forest, including the song Let Me Breathe and the group Stand for Trees.
Season 8 of Ways & Means is made possible thanks to support from the Office of the Provost at Duke University. Find out more about the Duke Climate Commitment.
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