Inga trees that lock nitrogen into soil , raising its productivity levels , could help counter deforestation in Brazil . A new strategy that promotes the benefits of growing the trees to smallholders in the forest ’s “ area of destruction ” – the focal area of deforesatation – aims to discourage farmers from selling land to industrial cattle and soy producers . Many of the 300 species of Brazilian trees have edible fruits for which markets exist across Latin America . As well as deforestation, we don't know exactly where they are going to put the dams nor how they are going to monitor them," said Carmen Josse, scientific director of the EcoScience Foundation. The trees can also be used for fuel . By encouraging plantations of the trees , local communities could benefit from agricultural income and greater food security .
Inga trees that lock nitrogen into soil , raising its productivity levels , could help counter deforestation in Brazil . A new strategy that promotes the benefits of growing the trees to smallholders in the forest ’s “ area of destruction ” – the focal area of deforesatation – aims to discourage farmers from selling land to industrial cattle and soy producers . Many of the 300 species of Brazilian trees have edible fruits for which markets exist across Latin America . The trees can also be used for fuel . By encouraging plantations of the trees , local communities could benefit from agricultural income and greater food security .