1. Chapter 10 A Strategy for Action to Slow and Stabilize Climate Change Sara Ferguson and Kevin Armstrong
2. Agenda 1. The Climate Convention 2. Stabilization of Emissions 3. The Montreal Protocol 4. The Kyoto Protocol 5. Forests 6. Reduction in the Sources of Methane 7.The Choice of Stabilization Level 8. Realizing the Climate Convention Objective 9. Summary of the Action Required
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8. 5. Forests Forests represent large potential carbon sinks that can reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide if only left alone. A typical square kilometer of forest contains 12,000 tones of carbon. Thanks to the kyoto protocol growing forests can now be a profitable venture for poor countries. Production forests that are cut every few years could sequester much more carbon than old growth forests because absorption slows when the trees reach maturity.
