Deforestation Needs to be in Next Climate Pact JAKARTA -Cutting
emissions from deforestation will be key to curbing climate
change and should be agreed upon in December's climate talks in
Bali, a leading Indonesian forestry researcher said on Monday.
The conference on the resort island is expected to initiate
talks on clinching a new deal by 2009 to fight global warming.
Under the Kyoto Protocol, developed nations can pay poor
countries to cut emissions from activities such as the
manufacture of refrigerants and fertilizers as well as capturing
greenhouse gases from farm waste and rubbish dumps. But
greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation, nearly 20 percent
of the world's total, are not yet eligible for trade because
they were excluded from the Kyoto Protocol's first round, which
runs out in 2012. "It's huge because preserving and conserving
the existing pool will then become very attractive," said Daniel
Murdiyarso, senior scientist at the Centre for International
Forestry Research (CIFOR). "Whether by m