Brazil's "Green Municipalities": What Works? What Doesn't? Why?

In 2008, the Brazilian administrative district of Paragominas had one of the highest rates of deforestation in the Amazon. By 2010, it had turned itself around and become a template for "Green Municipalities" across Brazil. Since then, efforts to replicate the success have yielded mixed results and generated valuable insights into what it takes to slow deforestation in the Amazon.

This is the second in a series of stories examining the emergence of Brazil's Green Municipalities: what they can achieve, what they can't, and what must happen for them to succeed. Click here to follow the series on Ecosystem Marketplace.

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