Deforestation Moves to the Fore in Copenhagen

摘要

As the Copenhagen climate meeting unfolds this week, one key topic will be protecting the world's tropical rainforests. Deforestation is responsible for between 12 and 25 of the world's yearly greenhouse gas emissions. But the 1997 Kyoto agreement, which runs through 2012, didn't address the issue. Participating nations hope to correct that oversight in the next agreement. "It is likely that in Copenhagen the international community will commit to reducing the rate of deforestation by a specific amount, possibly 50 by 2020," predicts Frances Beinecke of the Natural Resources Defense Council in Washington, D.C.