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Scientists rebut NYTimes op-ed 'To Save the Planet, Dont Plant Trees'
2014-09-22 10:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: One of the biggest near-term opportunities to mitigate climate change is to slow down deforestation and forest degradation in the tropics, where the lions share of the worlds forest loss is taking place. Brazil has reduced deforestation rates in the Amazon region by 70%, for example, keeping 3.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere since 2005 and elevating this nation to global leadership in climate change solutions. In a recent Op-Ed (To Save the Planet, Dont Plant Trees, New...
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