That number of people cannot be fed on current arable land with current agricultural practices and will cut down forests to create new farms. Clearcuts on steep slopes in Clayoquot Sound on the Pacific coast of Canada's Vancouver Island. The marketplace can be a powerful tool for protecting and conserving forests with certification and labeling programs that identify wood products from sustainably managed forests. Another important tool for valuing forests is carbon trading. The project is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by an amount equal to the lifetime emissions of 500,000 cars.
Carbon dioxide is the heat trapping greenhouse gas held most to blame for global warming.
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