Carbon Financial Incentives Could Save Tropical Forests, World Bank Study Says

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The World Bank Oct. 23 called for using strong financial incentives to stop deforestation and improve economic prospects for millions of rural poor.rnSome 800 million people, a majority of the population of rural tropical areas, live around forests or woodlandsrnand depend heavily on them for survival. But deforestation at a rate of 5 percent a decade is contributing to 20 percent of annual carbon dioxide emissions, depleting the resource base, and threatening biodiversity, the bank said in a new report, At Loggerheads? Agricultural Expansion, Poverty Reduction and Environment in the Tropical Forests.