With the world’s rainforests still going up in smoke at an ever-increasing rate, the good news is that a new global initiative is being billed as a way of helping. REDD (yes, it’s another clumsy acronym: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries) is now official UN policy in the fight against climate change.
The REDD proposals have come about as a consequence of the 2006 Stern Report, which identified that carbon dioxide emissions resulting from rainforest destruction accou...
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