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this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2024
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This seems important. This is a number not often talked about in aggregate, at least that I've seen. Recognizing my own dis-ease at feeling like I would have way underestimated that figure before reading.
@krewllobster worth pointing out that in many cases one of the reasons the biodiversity still exists in those places is because they're mainly just Indigenous people living there.