MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator...
to set up an international fund to decrease deforestation, to which Britain, Norway, the U.S., Japan, France and Australia pledged to allocate $3.5 billion in 2010.In the past 50 years, the area of the planet"s arable land and tropical and rain forests has decreased 30%. Scientists say that deforestation is the third largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, generating 15%-20% of overall carbon emissions. If left intact, these forests could absorb such emissions.
The conference in Copenhagen could have been a big success if it were presided by Hans Christian Andersen, a 19th century Danish novelist, fairytale writer and poet. Indeed, it is going to take nothing short of magic to find a quick and safe way from fossil fuels to environmentally safe sources of energy.
The international community has never before aspired for a change on such a biblical scale, and it is not clear if it is ready for it. To attain this goal, the world should overhaul its economic
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