Abandoned cropland (IMAGE)

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Abandoned cropland

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Without incentives for restoration, cropland abandonment rarely lasts long enough to yield benefits for biodiversity or carbon sequestration. Unless countries and policymakers develop better regulations and incentives to allow these lands to recover, this chance to restore ecosystems will not be fully realized.

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Egan Jimenez, Princeton University

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