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guardian.co.uk - 11/4/2009
CO2 from forest destruction overestimated – study
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The carbon dioxide emissions caused by the destruction of tropical forests have been significantly overestimated, according to a new study. The work could undermine attempts to pay poor countries to protect forests as a cost-effective way to tackle global warming. The loss of forests in ...

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Deforestation: Not So Bad for the Climate?
Greentech Media: All Content — ... by Guido van der Werf at the VU University of Amsterdam shows that the figure should be around 12 percent. Van der Werf said the IPCC report used wrong or outdated data. Specifically, the international team of scientists who worked on that report used figures that exaggerated the rate of tropical forest destruction. He told the U.K. Guardian : "It's a tough message because everybody would like to see forests better protected and it is difficult to tell them that carbon dioxide emissions are less important than assumed. Still, the good news of lower emissions is no bad news ...

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