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Posted Fri Nov 28 2008: from
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Forests under threat from climate change: study http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1227893092
OSLO -- Forests are extremely vulnerable to climate change that is set to bring more wildfires and floods and quick action is needed to aid millions of poor people who depend on forests, a study said on Thursday.
The report, by the Jakarta-based Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), urged delegates at a U.N. climate meeting in Poznan, Poland, from December 1-12 to work out new ways to safeguard forests in developing nations.
It said climate change could have impacts ranging from a drying out of cloud forests in mountainous regions of Central America -- making wildfires more frequent -- to swamping mangroves in Asia as seas rise.
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Peter says: "Wet *and* dry? What kind of prediction is that!?"
paul says: "Sure wildfires will be more frequent, but so will wildflowers. We need to stop being so forest-centric and start celebrating pretty meadows."
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