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What If We Had a Safe and Natural Way to Capture and Store Carbon?

November 04, 2014
No need to imagine “what if?” In fact, we already have a safe and natural technology for carbon capture and storage (CCS). It’s called “tropical forests.”
WORKING PAPER

Why Maintaining Tropical Forests Is Essential and Urgent for a Stable Climate - Working Paper 385

Rosa C. Goodman
and
Martin Herold
November 04, 2014
Tropical forests have the highest carbon density and cover more land area than forests in any other biome. They also serve a vital role as a natural buffer to climate change ―capturing 2.2–2.7 Gt of carbon per year. 
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Can Brazil Stay the Course on Reducing Deforestation?

October 28, 2014
The results of Sunday’s runoff election in Brazil open a new chapter in the country’s fight against deforestation. Dilma Rousseff will have to overcome skepticism that she’s the right woman for the job, in light of perceptions that she privileged development at the expense of conse...
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A Burning Issue for Indonesia’s New Jokowi Administration

October 24, 2014
On Monday October 20, Joko Widodo (“Jokowi”) was inaugurated as president of Indonesia.  As I wrote at the time of the election in July, Indonesia’s deforestation rate—now the world’s highest—and its oversized effect on global climate emissions are ...