Deforestation Role in Climate Change
Another opportunity in our challenge to stem and reverse climate change: Halt deforestation. ...
... "It is unwise for politicians to arm wrestle over rising aircraft emissions when just the next five years of carbon from burning rainforests (20% of global GHG emissions) will be greater than all the emissions from air travel since the Wright brothers to at least 2025. Forests must come first in efforts to mitigate global carbon emissions because carbon capture or nuclear technology will make no major impact on reducing emissions before 2030, whilst we can tackle deforestation now, without the need for inventing new and expensive infrastructure. " ...
Via Global Canopy Programme: VivoCarbon Initiative
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