Protecting rainforests could sequester eqivalent of a third of global emissions annually

Mongabay
By Rhett ButlerJun 13, 2014, 5:52 pm99 pts
liminating deforestation, peatlands and forest degradation, and forest fires in the tropics could reduce global carbon emissions by two billion tons a year, or nearly a fifth, argues a new study published in Global Change Biology. The research analyzed various emissions sources and sinks across the tropics.…

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