Protecting Rainforest Would Bring Brazil Billions Of Dollars: Study

By expanding sustainable industries and transitioning to low-carbon agriculture, the region could lead the way in turning Brazil into a green-economy powerhouse, adding 40 billion reais ($8.4 billion) a year to the national economy by 2050.
Protecting the rainforest and making it an engine of sustainable economic growth, rather than plundering its resources, would bring Brazil billions of dollars in the coming decades, a study found Tuesday.

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