Reportagem publicada na revista Nature, em inglês, sobre projeto de pagamento por conservação da floresta, o Fundo Amazônia, ao longo da Transamazônica.
Jeff Tollefson. Paying to save the rainforests. Revista Nature. Volume 460. 20 de agosto de 2009.
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