Protecting Forests: Cutting CO2, not Trees  2008-12-18

Trees are worth more dead than alive, despite being critical stores of carbon and generators of life-giving rainfall. That must change to avoid accelerated climate change and catastrophic loss of biodiversity. Of all the major contributors to climate change, deforestation can be tackled most quickly. Power generation will rely on fossil fuels for decades. The internal combustion engine will not disappear soon. But reducing greenhouse gas emissions from forests is simple: No more logging.