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Posted Mon Oct 26 2009: from London Independent:
Historic chance to halt the scourge of deforestation http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1256569908
 At last, the wreck of the rainforests is being tackled. One of the key parts of the Copenhagen climate agreement which the international community will try to construct in December is a comprehensive treaty aiming to reduce deforestation rates in the developing countries by at least 50 per cent by 2020.... as the threat of climate change has become more and more clear, there has been an growing perception that the biggest benefit of all that rainforests provide is their function as a carbon store, and the biggest danger from their destruction is the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when they are cut down and burnt.
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I am beginning to think we better call it Hopenhagen.

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