How Costa Rica Reversed Deforestation and Became an Environmental .
· Deforestation in Costa Rica led to nearly half of its forest cover by 1987. But thanks to a governmentled initiative that pays local communities to help protect the natural ecosystem, it became the first tropical country to have stopped, and subsequently reversed, deforestation. Costa Rica's reforestation was such a success it was recently awarded the Earthshot Prize, .
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