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New global declaration 'insufficient' tackle deforestation
2014-10-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Heads of state, civil society groups and the leaders of some of the world's largest companies this week urged their peers to sign on to a landmark new global agreement aimed at halting deforestation by 2030, even as others are warning the accord is too lax. The New York Declaration on Forests was signed last week by some 150 parties at a United Nations-organised climate summit. Outlining pledges and goals for both the public and private sectors, for the first time the declaration set a global...
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