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  "id": 8931326,
  "title": "Amazon study reveals the best strategies for protecting biodiversity and carbon",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/amazon-study-reveals-the-best-strategies-for-protecting-biodiversity",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-21T11:54:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
    "slug": "sciencedaily",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260920222356.htm"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A large Amazon study suggests the most powerful conservation move may be protecting the forests that are already standing. Preventing damage from wildfires and logging delivered the greatest biodiversity benefits and nearly matched deforestation prevention for protecting carbon. Restoration remains important, particularly where forests have already been heavily cleared, but it was more expensive…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}