Could blockchain save the Amazon rainforest?

Could blockchain save the Amazon rainforest? | The Economist

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Blockchain technology can do more than underpin crypto-currencies—it could help save the Amazon rainforest by stopping so called “biopirates” from plundering its biological riches. If it works, more money could be made by preserving the rainforest than cutting it down

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