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U.S. calls forests 'critical' to addressing climate

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Protecting tropical forests and using land in ways that absorb greenhouse-gas emissions are “critical” to fighting climate change, the U.S. said. Funding to reduce logging rates should come from government and private sources, as well as from international carbon markets, the U.S. proposed in a 5-page submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Issue Topic: 
Climate Change

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