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Forests, Carbon, And Critters
Some suspect that in Copenhagen, rich countries might agree to pay poor countries to stop cutting forests. (Photo by John J. Mosesso, courtesy of the National Biological Information Infrastructure)
World leaders are meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark next month to begin dealing with global climate change. A firm treaty is off the table for now, but one idea they're thinking through is to preserve forests and have them absorb heat-trapping carbon dioxide. Shawn Allee reports, some scientists want all this forest talk to include animals, not just trees:
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Producer: Shawn Allee
Release Date: November 18, 2009
Running Time: :43