Science: Opportunities to Preserve Forest Biodiversity While Cutting Carbon Emissions
December 03, 2009
December 03, 2009
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The American Association for the Advancement of Science issued the following news release:
By Brandon Bryn
The United Nations program to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) is intended to protect tropical forests and reduce carbon emissions, but researchers say that it could be doing much more to protect Earth's biodiversity if it were tweaked a bit.
Currently, the REDD program pays countries for not cuttin . . .
By Brandon Bryn
The United Nations program to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) is intended to protect tropical forests and reduce carbon emissions, but researchers say that it could be doing much more to protect Earth's biodiversity if it were tweaked a bit.
Currently, the REDD program pays countries for not cuttin . . .