This is an excellent article which I found informative and interesting. It is clear that from the information in the article and on the ACT web site, they are doing a tremendous job.

However, my concern with this method is the amount of time it will take for the impact to be great enough to really protect the Rainforest. The rate of deforstation is increasing all the time and so I wonder whether this slow and methodical approach is really what is required.

From the aricle and from the ACT web site I cannot see anything that tells me that after being in existence for 14 years the programme has made any real impact on the rate of deforestation in the Amazon.

Perhaps someone can correct me on this by directing me to the successes and the stats, metrics, etc.

Tony

Global deforestation rates have been falling in recent years largely due to a plunge in forest clearing in the Brazilian Amazon. Amazon loss has fallen to the lowest rate ever recorded in the past two years.

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