Mapping the Climate Change and Biodiversity Impacts of REDD - Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation
Copenhagen, 14 December 2009 - An
agreement in Copenhagen to fund reduced emissions from deforestation
may generate multiple environmental and economic benefits if
investments simultaneously target sites that are both carbon and
biodiversity-rich.
But the new report, published today in the journal Conservation Letters, also warns of challenges in countries such as Brazil and parts of East Africa unless safeguards are followed.
