Article: Indonesian forests on frontline of climate debate.(Environment)

TELUK MERANTI, Indonesia, November 10, 2009 (AFP) - With the approach of global climate talks in Copenhagen, activists are hoping to draw world attention to their fight to save the last tropical forests on Indonesia's Sumatra island.If successful, they believe they will slow global warming by preventing the carbon trapped in the forest's timbers and dense peat soils from being released through logging and clearing.In the complicated argot of climate negotiations, the idea is called REDD: Reducing Emmissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation."We are here on the frontline of forest and climate destruction. This forest is under immediate threat," Greenpeace Indonesia ...

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