[DOC] [TLE] THE ENVIRONMENT - Forests Sought to Counter Greenhouse Effect [PAR] Sep 20, 1988 ... The organization has proposed that such planting be undertaken by the ... 10 
million acres of new forest, according to the Environmental Defense Fund. ... The 
trees would absorb as much carbon dioxide as would be ... The gas collects in 
the atmosphere, where it traps heat like the glass in a greenhouse. [DOC] [TLE] REDD+: Protecting tropical forests | Environmental Defense Fund [PAR] Oct 20, 2016 ... Provides more overall greenhouse gas reductions at a lower cost than ... Brazil, 
has already slowed its deforestation by 75% and has committed to an 80% ... 
Since tropical forests are home to at least half of all plant and animal species, ... 
Promotes development for indigenous communities by creating new... [DOC] [TLE] New York Times op-ed needs refresher on science of climate ... [PAR] Sep 22, 2014 ... In tropical forests like the Amazon, where deforestation is happening ... wood, 
coal, oil or gas is turned into CO and released to the atmosphere. ... But then 
new trees grow, and absorb that CO again  not the case when ... In fact, as the 
IPCC has concluded, stopping tropical deforestation is a critical... [DOC] [TLE] Tropical Deforestation and Climate Change - Environmental ... [PAR] Jul 7, 1999 ... Tropical deforestation as a source of greenhouse gas emissions. ... Carbon 
emissions associated with forest fires in Brazil. .... a group of tropical nations led 
by Papua New Guinea have put deforestation ... Several crediting and 
accounting proposals discussed in this volume address the permanence issue. [DOC] [TLE] Climate change impacts | Environmental Defense Fund [PAR] Oct 20, 2016 ... Emissions of heat-trapping gases from human activityespecially the ... As the 
ice melts, it also exposes more dark ocean waters, which absorbs more sunlight 
than ice, ... such as shellfish and coral, may not have enough calcium to grow. 
Forests are more prone to deadly infestations: Milder winters and... [DOC] [TLE] Don't plant trees to address climate change. Instead, leave fossil ... [PAR] Sep 24, 2014 ... But she's right that planting trees won't stop climate change. ... The albedo effect: 
Forests are dark and absorb more of the sun's heat than ... But as Unger points 
out, climate scientists have calculated that planting trees in the tropics would 
lead to ... On the EDF website, Steve Schwartzman argues that,. [DOC] [TLE] The Dyson Effect | The Corner House [PAR] Jul 31, 1999 ... Carbon 'Offset' Forestry and The Privatization of the Atmosphere ..... Forests) to 
plant five trees for you, which will supposedly absorb an amount of ..... has gone 
out of its way to propose new legislation to allow investors to own .... to "get the 
market moving", while the Environmental Defense Fund is ready to... [DOC] [TLE] Biosequestration - Wikipedia [PAR] Biosequestration is the capture and storage of the atmospheric greenhouse gas 
carbon dioxide ... Biosequestration as a natural process has occurred in the past, 
and was responsible .... forest cover through both reforestation and the planting 
of new forest cover, as well ..... Environmental Defense Fund, New York, NY, USA
. [DOC] [TLE] tropical forests and the greenhouse effect: a management response [PAR] Tree plantations absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and the humid 
tropics ... nitrous oxide and other greenhouse gases) from the tropical forest zone
. .... encounter in a tree-planting program of the scale proposed, note that in 1980 
..... Environmental and Economy, Environmental Defense Fund, New York, U.S.A.
. [DOC] [TLE] Mitigation | National Climate Assessment [PAR] Mitigation actions include lowering emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon ... 
source, a portion of it is removed from the atmosphere over time by plant growth 
and ... Geoengineering has been proposed as a third option for addressing 
climate ..... Since most of the new forest is on relatively low-productivity lands of 
the... [DOC] [TLE] REDD in the news: 29 February - 6 March 2016 | REDD-Monitor [PAR] Mar 7, 2016 ... By Peter Holmgren, CIFOR Forests News Blog, 29 February 2016 ... note 
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Question: The Environmental Defense Fund has proposed new forests be planted to absorb this gas
Answer: Carbon dioxide