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REDD+: Conservation’s Role in the Fight Against Climate Change


 The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change program on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing is moving towards including tropical forest conservation in addition to sustainable forestry practices in its Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation mechanism. Including conservation in REDD - making REDD into REDD+ - draws attention to the huge potential of carbon sequestration through wilderness protection.

 

by Cyril Kormos

http://www.wild.org/blog/redd-conservation%E2%80%99s-role-in-the-fight-against-climate-change/