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Avoided deforestation could help fight third world poverty under global warming pact
Source: Posted: 11-01-2006 at 12:00:15
| Mongabay.com: An avoided deforestation strategy for mitigating climate change could mean billions for world's poorest countries while preserving biodiversity and ecosystem services Avoided deforestation will be a hot point of discussion at next week's climate meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. Already a coalition of 15 rainforest nations[1] have proposed a plan whereby industrialized nations would pay them to protect their forests to offset greenhouse gas emissions. Meanwhile, last month Brazil -- which ... |
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