>> Does this mean that cutting down the Amazon rainforest to use the land for farming is net-beneficial for slowing down climate change? Even if it does, the e

>> Does this mean that cutting down the Amazon rainforest to use the land for farming is net-beneficial for slowing down climate change? Even if it does, the effect would be temporary. Such land can rarely be farmed sustainably. In the medium termt becomes scrub and barely contributes to cooling And anyway, the question is largely moot. Resisting climate change is only one of many important services rendered by these forests.