EVER SINCE Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 novel The Lost World introduced readers to "the grandest, richest, most wonderful bit of earth upon this planet," conservationists have been designing creative ways to protect Latin America's wildest places.
Setting aside areas as national parks or wildlife reserves marks an essential first step, but people need still to be convinced about the importance of such protections. Now, with global concern about climate change, conservationists are finding they have another argument to make the case: Protected areas can contribute to a low-carbon economy.
That was the implication of the second Latin American Congress of National Parks and Other Protected ...