AlertNet: Efforts to cut carbon emissions by curbing deforestation may fail unless they avoid negative impacts on biodiversity and local people, a network of forest scientists said on Friday. The world's shrinking forests need to be valued as more than just carbon sinks for mitigating climate change, says a report from the International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO). Biodiversity is key in determining a forest's ability to absorb greenhouse gases, it adds. And accounting for those who...
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