There are some 2.7 billion people in over 60 developing countries that are home to the world’s tropical forests. Cutting down the hardwood forests – even when they presently receive just 5% of the final price in, say, New York – is the only way people can make ends meet.
有人建议等到2012年《议定书》的修正案出台时再应对这一问题。但我们等得起吗？以现在森林消失的速度，仅由巴西和印度尼西亚两国所造成的温室气体集中就会抵消《京都议定书》所带来的排放削减量的近80%。