World Bank money now grows on trees


	World Bank money now grows on trees

Wadard

6-11-2007 9:15 AM

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global warming

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Incentives to avoid deforestation is big business on a warming globe.

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<DIV id="headline"><H1 class="articleTitle">World Bank Targets Forest Preservation-Climate Link </H1></DIV>
<DIV id="byline">By Tom Wright </DIV>
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<DIV id="article_body"><P> JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The global effort to stem climate change could soon include paying countries in the tropical belt to not cut down their rain forests, beginning with a World Bank pilot project.</P> <P> The World Bank is planning to start a $250 million investment fund to reward countries such as Indonesia, Brazil and Congo for "avoided deforestation."</P> <P> Until now, efforts under the Kyoto Protocol, the international agreement to cut greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming, have centered on reducing emissions from industries.</P><P> The Group of Eight leading nations, after meeting last week in Germany, concluded that stopping deforestation could ...</P> </DIV>
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