WASHINGTON DC, December 1, 2008 — Keeping
tropical rain forests intact is a better way to combat climate change than replacing them with biofuel plantations, a study in the journal Conservation Biology finds.
Not exact matches
Water availability:
Intact tropical forests ensure the stability of local and regional weather, generating more
rain than cleared
forests and thereby reducing the risk of drought.
«In fact, they hasten climate change by removing one of the world's most efficient carbon storage tools —
intact tropical rain forests.»