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Mongabay: Lack of school access and higher costs of trade are driving an exodus from remote areas in the Amazon, a new study published in Population & Environment reveals.
The research sheds light on to why people are leaving remote forest areas. It follows an earlier publication indicating that migration away from remote rural areas may have repercussions on deforestation. “Understanding why people are leaving is key to predicting future environmental change,” the paper explained.
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Lack of schools, trade drive exodus from remote parts of the Amazon
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on December 17th, 2010
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