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ABC News - China Slaps Tax on Disposable Chopsticks Over Concerns of Deforestation; Move Worries Japan People eat noodle using chopsticks called "waribashi" at a fast-food chain restaurant in Tokyo Tuesday, May 10, 2006. Walk into any Japanese noodle shop or
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With carbon credits selling at about twenty dollars per ton on the European market, experts say a market-based mechanism would provide enough incentive (PDF) to avoid deforestation. Donovan says timber and agriculture opportunities from forest land often provide less than a dollar per acre. One exception may be biofuel production; as costs for ethanol increase, experts expect to see greater pressure on forests, even with market credits in place. And some people worry that adding deforestation credits to the market will depress current carbon prices, although other note that plans to expand emissions caps to more industry sectors and the possible inclusion of the United States may increase the need for credits.
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In the next 24 hours, deforestation will release as much CO2 into the atmosphere as 8 million people flying from London to New York. Stopping the loggers is the fastest and cheapest solution to climate change. So why are global leaders turning a blind eye to this crisis?
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Tropical deforestation is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, threatens biological diversity, and has devastating impacts upon forest dependent peoples. Human induced climate change is projected to cause significant adverse effects on tropical forests where there is a decline in precipitation. As a consequence it is vital that means are found to incentivise and reward reduced deforestation in order to assist in the task of preventing dangerous climate change and ... achieve the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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Although poverty is often cited as the underlying cause of tropical deforestation, analyses of multiple scientific studies indicate that that explanation is an oversimplification. Poverty does drive people to migrate to forest frontiers, where they engage in slash and burn forest clearing for subsistence. But rarely does one factor alone bear the sole responsibility for tropical deforestation.
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Whenever people talk about deforestation, usually the things that spring to mind are negative thoughts brought on mostly by media hypes and environmentalist drives. People think about global warming, depletion of natural resources, and the casual extinction of indigenous fauna and flora. Yet people don't seem to realize that there are actually quite a few benefits of deforestation.
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