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Strategies to reverse Deforestation

Geoff Riley

23rd August 2017

If tropical deforestation were a country, it would rank 3rd after China & the US as an emissions source. This emphasises the importance of effective policies to reverse deforestation.

This article from Frances Seymour explains how developing / emerging countries can fight climate change via protecting their forests including the REDD programme.

In other news - Pakistan has planted more than a billion trees in the last two years as part of an investment to reverse deforestation.

#Developingcountries can fight #climatechange via protecting their forests. @FrancesJSeymour explains how: https://t.co/aob1AsONYC
— Center for Global Development (@CGDev) August 21, 2017

Related articles on deforestation

Deforestation hurts our climate & wildlife, such as Orang-utans. More on why forests are so vital https://t.co/hKu3wtYOJU #WorldOrangutanDay pic.twitter.com/t7RBafKqJZ
— WWF (@WWF) August 18, 2017

Peruvian Amazon deforestation hotspots: estimates indicate forest loss of 37,000 acres so far in 2017 https://t.co/d5jDHB2I12 via @ACA_dc pic.twitter.com/T2jOR6b18h
— Amazon Watch (@amazonwatch) August 16, 2017

Norway is the first country to commit to zero deforestation pic.twitter.com/lxPpbqXi5t
— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) August 23, 2017

Video from the World Economic Forum on Pakistan

Pakistan has planted a billion trees in two years

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff