Tropical deforestation produces more global warming pollution than every car, truck, plane, ship, and train on earth. It’s the largest source of heat-trapping emissions in some developing countries, and it accounts for about 15 percent of the world’s heat-trapping emissions.
Reducing deforestation is a practical, cost-effective way to help avert global warming—and it also makes important contributions to saving biodiversity and supporting sustainable development.
| Date Of Record Release | 2011-03-17 18:57:37 |
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| Description | Tropical deforestation produces more global warming pollution than every car, truck, plane, ship, and train on earth. It’s the largest source of heat-trapping emissions in some developing countries, and it accounts for about 15 percent of the world’s heat-trapping emissions. Reducing deforestation is a practical, cost-effective way to help avert global warming—and it also makes important contributions to saving biodiversity and supporting sustainable development. |
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| Source | Union of Concerned Scientists |
| Keyword | Global warming, Food supply, Water supply, Health, National security, Human needs, Economic well-being, Heat-trapping emissions, Forests, Deforestation, Tropical |
| Selector | Selection Committee |
| Date Of Record Creation | 2011-03-17 18:45:23 |
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| Date Last Modified | 2011-03-17 19:47:44 |
| Language | English |
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