Backed by the right kinds of enabling policies, such an
investment -- equivalent to about two-thirds more than what is
spent on the sector today -- could also sequester or remove an
extra 28 per cent of carbon from the atmosphere, thus playing a
key role in combating climate change. Forests in a Green
Economy: A Synthesis was unveiled during this year’s World
Environment Day (WED) celebrations. The theme, Forests: Nature
at Your Service, underscores the multitude of benefits that
forests provide to humanity. WED 2011 also comes during the UN-
declared International Year of the Forests, which is in part
focused on the critical links between forests and the transition
to a low carbon, resource efficient green economy. “WED 2011
comes precisely 12 months before the Rio+20 meeting in Brazil
next year where the world will come together to try and forge a
new and more decisive response to the sustainable development
challenge of the 21st century,” said Achim Steiner, UN Under-
Secretary General and UNEP Executive Dir