Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:16:39 -0700
From: Scott Frederick <scott451@gmx.net>
Subject: [KCUTS] Save forests to fight global warming
Hello Kootenaycuts,
Kind of the opposite of what the Liberals are planning...
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070323/sc_afp/climateenvironmentforestsindonesiastern_070323135357;_ylt=ApIW5tTY8H_flcdXpXCAYyBrAlMA>
Save forests to fight global warming: Stern
Agency France Presse
JAKARTA (AFP) - The world should invest 10 billion dollars annually to
halve deforestation in the fight against global warming, Nicholas
Stern, the author of a key climate change report, said Friday.
Forest clearance for farming or urban development released large
amounts of the greenhouses gases blamed for climate change, he told
reporters at a meeting in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. "The world has
to work together to provide a strong fund to cut deforestation in
Indonesia, Brazil and other countries," he said.
..
Experts say Indonesia has about two percent of the world's forest area
but is losing large amounts of it annually, which releases carbon
dioxide and makes the country one of the world's largest greenhouse
gases polluters.
..
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said this month that forests
were expanding in several regions of the world, but that each day saw
a net loss equivalent to an area twice the size of Paris. Global
forest covers about 30 percent of the world's land area. From 1990 to
2005, the world lost three percent of its total forest area, according
to the organisation. ..
(23 Mar 2007)
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Only 783 organising days until the next BC provincial election.
Best regards,
Scott mailto:scott451@gmx.net
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